If you are allergic to chicken and eggs, then you are ineligible for the Covid-19 vaccine.
The Health ministry warned Wednesday that front-line workers with specific allergies should not take the jab.
“There are protocols that have to be followed before one takes the vaccine and if you know that you normally have reactions after taking chicken or eggs, then you should not take up the vaccine,” said Principal Secretary Susan Mochache.
Her caution was echoed by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, which said the jab is particularly risky to those “allergic to certain compounds present in the vaccines”.
Some patients, it warned, may develop an anaphylactoid reaction, which tends to involve a skin rash, shortness of breath and sometimes a drop in blood pressure after getting the jab.
According to Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, people with a history of allergic reactions should still receive the vaccine, but in a medical setting “in case of severe complications”.
