Vedomosti: people with contraindications to vaccination against COVID-19 will be added to the database
Health workers in Russia will have to enter information about people with contraindications for vaccination against COVID-19 in a special base. This follows from the order of the Ministry of Health of Russia, published earlier, Vedomosti writes.
At the same time, experts warn that it is difficult to accurately count the number of people in this category. According to Sergei Voznesensky, Associate Professor of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the RUDN University, more than 10 percent of the country's adult population may have a medical withdrawal from vaccination. On the other hand, Vasily Vlasov, an epidemiologist and professor at the Higher School of Economics, is confident that only about 2-3 percent of adult Russians with contraindications account for it.
There are both permanent and temporary contraindications to vaccination. It is noted that each of the five vaccines registered in Russia has its own list of contraindications. There are also a number of the same restrictions: hypersensitivity to the components of the drug, severe allergic reactions, the period of breastfeeding, acute infectious and non-infectious diseases, exacerbation of chronic diseases and age up to 18 years. At the same time, patients with allergies or acute infectious and non-infectious diseases can be vaccinated outside the exacerbation phase, Voznesensky noted.
Earlier, the Ministry of Health issued an order stating that the QR code for Russians vaccinated against coronavirus who fell ill , will be valid for six months after the postponed COVID-19. According to the document, if a person is vaccinated and has been ill with COVID-19, the “latest date of the event” will be valid.