Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Apr 26: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) today said people who have recovered from Covid-19 infection should get the vaccine.
In a statement issued here, DAK President, Dr Nisar Ul Hassan said that if one already had the virus and recovered, they still need to get vaccinated.
“Those who have contracted the disease should get inoculated 2 weeks after their recovery; Earlier, individuals who tested positive for the virus required to wait for 3 months between recovery and vaccination. However, that has now changed,” he said.
Dr Nisar said that under the new guidelines, Covid-19 patients only need to wait for 2 weeks to get the shot. “People who recover from Covid-19 are getting infected with the virus again,” he said.
He said that the new variants put the recovered patients at risk of reinfections.
“People who have got recovered from Covid could get infected with a mutated strain of the novel coronavirus; natural immunity from the infection is simply far too unreliable in the face of such a devastating virus,” Dr Nisar said.
Dr Nisar said that the vaccine generates much stronger and more consistent immunity than the natural infection. “There is evidence that vaccine-induced immunity lasts much longer than immunity built by contracting the virus.”
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