No “serious side effects” has been reported to the health authorities “in the surveillance period of fifteen post-vaccination”, explains the Directorate General of Health.
Le Monde with AFP
This is a measure designed to fluidize the organization of vaccination centers as part of the recall campaign. People who do their VVID-19 vaccine recall dose are no longer required to wait a quarter of an hour after their injection if the previous ones have passed without problem, announced the Directorate General of Health (Dgs), which depends on the Ministry of Health, in a note sent to professionals , Thursday, January 6th.
“In his opinion of 24 December 2021, the Vaccine Strategy Orientation Council positioned for the removal of the fifteen-minute surveillance time for some audiences from receiving a booster dose”, writes the DGS . By security, this monitoring time is maintained in some cases.
Delay for the first two doses and some people
This security period is applied and maintained for the first doses: the person must remain on site fifteen minutes, to receive medical assistance in case a problem arises (allergic type, for example). But “if it went well” during the first injections, “there is no reason to maintain” this time at the reminder, was commented on the department.
“The risk that people who have not made an allergic reaction during their primo-vaccination do during their booster dose is extremely low,” says the DGS.
At the reminder, this delay is maintained for some people. Among them, those who were first vaccinated with a vaccine other than those of Pfizer or Moderna, those who have “a known allergic ground” or “an increased risk of making anaphylactic shock”, pregnant women, the ” People weakened by chronic diseases with potential mobility difficulties “or those that present” anxiety for vaccination “.
So far, no “serious side effects cases” has never been reported to the health authorities “in the surveillance period of fifteen post-vaccination”, according to the Note of the DGS.
In addition, the Department has changed the time between the first two vaccine injections for children. If the twenty-one vacation range remains “optimal”, it is now possible to make an appointment “from eighteen to twenty-four days between the first and second dose”. This is to “facilitate the practical organization of pediatric vaccination and including making appointments”, according to the Note of the DGS.