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With coronavirus cases on the rise and vaccination appointments on the agenda, in some cases this question arises
Diagnostic tests for the disease, such as antigen tests, are almost part of everyday life. Whether because you have been in contact with a positive person, because you have some symptoms or because you want to prevent a celebration together with non-cohabiting people. With the covid-19 cases on the rise and appointment to get vaccinated in many agendas A question arises: do I have to take one of these tests before getting vaccinated?
El Ministry of Health It has not commented on the matter, nor is it included in the document that regulates the vaccination strategy, as indicated by the Official College of Pharmacists of Zaragoza (COFZ). "They have not made any recommendations", indicates Raquel García Fuentes, president of the entity.
Instead, the advisory committee of The Spanish Association of Pediatrics has made a recommendation which, as García Fuentes points out, cannot be extrapolated to adults. "In the case of children and adolescents who are close contacts of a confirmed case or live with people with a positive antigen test, they can be vaccinated if they do not present symptoms and the quarantine period established by the authorities has elapsed - at this time, one week. -", says the document. "So the vaccine in these cases would not generate no negative effects on the body, it is not going to be harmful," assesses the president of the Zaragoza association of pharmacists.
However, If you know you are positive, you should not receive any dose of the covid vaccine, you must be isolated and be inoculated with the vaccine afterwards, according to the established time.
In any case, "it would not be unreasonable" to undergo a diagnostic test If there is a date for any of the doses, and even more so with the numbers of positives that are currently being considered, with thousands of cases in recent weeks. Something that could also be done in other scenarios. Raquel García Fuentes asks "tranquillity" and points out that you have to have “common sense” to use the tests in this case, as in others.
Until this Monday, they had been administered 84.998.187 doses and 38.052.240 people had the complete regimen. 92,3% of those over 12 years of age are vaccinated and 90,3% of those under that age.
