Pune: A study to evaluate the risk of allergies to Covid-19 vaccines among people with food history or drug sensitivity will be immediately carried out by researchers from Mumbai-based GS Medical College and KEM Hospital.
This will be done using a unique method, such as skin puncture and intradermal test (see box).
This will be carried out under the Aegis from the Indian Medical Research Council (ICMR) product development center which is arranged at the hospital.
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Sunita Chhapola Shukla, Founder and Director, Mumbai Allergy Center and Allergy Expert Consultants, KEM, pioneered the study, told TII, “The trial opinion is to urge the government not to exclude people with history of allergies from driving vaccination.
Everyone can Tested for allergic reactions to the Covid-19 vaccine using the test (skin prick / intradermal) and advances with vaccination if there is no such reaction occurs, “he said, adding that this research will begin soon.
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In accordance with the Union government guidelines, contraindications for Covid-19 vaccination in India including people with immediate or delayed anaphylaxis history or allergic reactions to vaccines, pharmaceutical products, food-items, etc.
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Samiran Panda, Senior Scientist and Head of the Epidemiology of the ICMR and the infectious disease division, told TII, “The study discussed certain public health issues.
How individuals with the history of some forms of allergy are assessed for safer vaccine administration, related to the first dose and The second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, is what researchers have proposed to investigate “Dr Shukla,” most of the Indian population with a history of allergies or documented allergies do not get covid-19 vaccine protection or not take it because of fear of adverse allergic effects.
This is because of the 80 polysorbat permissions (derivatives of polyethylene glycol), which are used in the covishield, can be the possibility of the culprit for allergic reactions.
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