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A dose of anti-covid vaccine for the recovered? It’s possible. This is what is established in a circular from the Directorate General for Prevention of the Ministry of Health, signed by the Director General Giovanni Rezza, in which it is emphasized: “It is possible to consider the administration of a single dose of anti-SarsCoV-2 / Covid- vaccine. 19 in subjects with previous Sars-CoV-2 infection (which occurred symptomatically or asymptomatically), provided that the vaccination is performed at least 3 months after the documented infection and preferably within 6 months from the same “.
The possible administration of a single dose of anti-Covid vaccine to people who have had a SARS-CoV-2 infection “is not to be understood as applicable to subjects with immunodeficiency conditions, whether primary or secondary to pharmacological treatments”, it still reads.
In these people, the circular points out, “since the immunological protection conferred by the SARS-CoV-2 infection and its duration are not predictable, it is recommended to continue with the proposed vaccination schedule (double dose for the three vaccines currently available ) “.
Since the information relating to a previous Sars-CoV-2 infection is collected at the time of vaccination through a self-certification model, highlights the circular, “it is recommended to collect, whenever available, evidence of documented Sars-CoV infection. 2. In the absence of this evidence of positivity to the swab – the circular emphasizes – it is recommended that the anamnestic information relating to a previous infection be collected in the most complete and detailed way possible “.
Furthermore, “as indicated by the World Health Organization, the execution of serological tests aimed at identifying the positive antibody against the virus or other type of test, is not recommended for the purposes of the vaccination decision-making process. Finally, these recommendations they could be revisited if variants of Sars-CoV-2 with a particular risk of reinfection emerge and spread “.
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