how many doses of vaccine should people with the virus receive?

From Monday, May 31, all adults will be able to be vaccinated against Covid-19. The appointment is already open. But then, should we be vaccinated when we have already contracted the virus? “Yes, we have to get vaccinated, but we have time. Researchers at the University of Amsterdam recruited more than 150 people and gave them a single dose of Pfizer vaccine, these are people who had had the Covid up to 15 months before. We realized that their antibody level was going up so high, the response was so good, that we had the impression that they had received two doses of the vaccine.“, explains the journalist France Télévisions and doctor Damien Mascret on the set of 19/20 of France 3, Thursday May 27.

With some exceptions, only one dose is enough when you have already contracted Covid-19, “at least three months after the positive test, and even the Haute Autorité de santé says preferably six months after“, specifies Damien Mascret. On the other hand, two exceptions remain.”The first is if you have a proven immunosuppression (…), and the second exception, this is a special case, is if you have tested positive just after having had your first dose of vaccine, in in this case, it is the classic protocol: you have your second dose three to six months later“, concludes the doctor.

– High Authority of Health

– Directorate General of Health

– medRxiv

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