The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended this today people who are vaccinated against covid-19 receive the doses from the same manufacturerTherefore, if I first receive one of those developed by Pfizer-BioNTech, the second is also from that pharmaceutical company.
“There may be some practical considerations, in some countries where there is no other option it would be better to get vaccinated with two different products than not, but in principle we do not recommend it,” said WHO Director of Immunization Kate O’Brian, in a meeting through social networks.
At the same forum, Mexican Alejandro Cravioto, chair of the Strategic Expert Advisory Group studying new vaccines for WHO, added that It is recommended that you do not receive vaccines against other diseases until two weeks after receiving the intended one to protect against SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.
Cravioto also said that there is evidence that the possible side effects of these vaccines in the elderly are less common than in the younger ones.
“We have no reason to believe that the vaccine could be harmful to people over the age of 65,” Cravioto said.
According to these experts, the most observed side effect was some allergic reactionsIt is therefore requested that the centers administering the vaccine be able to treat these anaphylactic shocks immediately.
Other effects seen in a very small number of patients in clinical trials have been cases of unbearable facial paralysis, fever or malaise, which are not considered reasons why the vaccine should not be given.