WARTAKOTALIVE.COM, PAGEDANGAN – The Saint Carolus Hospital (RS) Summarecon Serpong held a COVID-19 vaccination program with the Pfizer dose type.
Head of the Vaccination Team at St. Hospital. Carolus Summarecon Serpong, Novi Handoko said the program targets the general public, including mothers giving birth and breastfeeding.
“The category is that we enter the general public starting from teenagers, coincidentally the vaccine given for today’s Pfizer type vaccine starts from 12 years and over,” said Novi when met at the location, Pagedangan, Tangerang Regency, Wednesday (15/9/2021). ).
“Then with a special target, especially for vulnerable pre-elderly people, the elderly. Then for pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, Pfizer happens to be safe for all,” he continued.
Novi said, this type of Pfizer dose can cause side effects for the participants.
According to him, the side effects only lasted for a few days with symptoms of fever felt by vaccine recipients.
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“The side effects that occur quite often are fever, headache. But of all those who are vaccinated, not all of them are like that, because the vaccine has different effects for each person,” he explained.
In addition, if symptoms of fever are found for more than three days, his party recommends the patient to consume lots of mineral water.
This step is to avoid dehydration for people with fever symptoms and
“For example, if we have a fever, we try to make the patient drink plenty of water in his daily adequacy, for example 2 liters per day, when he has a fever, the fluid needs are increased. And take paracetamol,” he said.
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