Vaccination against COVID-19 is vital to stopping the spread of the pandemic. COVID-19 vaccines have been rigorously tested and approved by local and international regulatory bodies and are critical to reducing illness, hospitalization and death associated with COVID-19.
COVID-19 vaccines can keep you from getting and spreading the virus that causes COVID-19.
Get vaccinated regardless of whether you already had COVID-19. Evidence is emerging that people get better protection by being fully vaccinated compared with having had COVID-19.
After you are fully vaccinated for COVID-19, you can resume many activities that you did before the pandemic.
None of the COVID-19 vaccines contain the live virus that causes COVID-19 so a COVID-19 vaccine cannot make you sick with COVID-19.
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Vaccines work with your body’s natural defense to build protection. When vaccinated, your immune system is able to:
Twenty-nine-year-old communications officer, Sasheena Douglas, was shocked when she tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) in August 2020.
The fitness fanatic, who maintains a healthy diet, thought that her youth and healthy lifestyle made her at very low risk for contracting the virus.
Even more surprising was how ill she became, telling JIS News that she battled the effects of COVID-19 for about a month, and “had to put up one of the greatest fights of my life in order to survive”.
One year later, the Kingston native says that the “near-death” experience has made her vigilant about protecting herself against the virus.
You can get COVID-19 from the vaccine.
YOU CANNOT get COVID-19 from the vaccine because it does not contain the live virus.
Viral tests look for the presence of the virus that causes COVID-19.
Since there is no live virus in the vaccine, the vaccine cannot affect your test result.
It is possible to get infected with the virus before the vaccine has had time to fully protect your body.
Vaccines build immunity without the damaging effects that COVID-19 can have.
Allowing the disease to spread until herd immunity is reached will cause millions of deaths and even more people living with the long term effects of the virus.
Although extremely rare, people can have severe allergic reactions to ingredients used in a vaccine.
It is recommended that people with a history of anaphylaxis (severe allergic reaction) to the ingredients of the vaccine should not be vaccinated.
Seprod Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Richard Pandohie, says consideration should be given to identifying highly trafficked locations to establish vaccination sites, such as supermarkets
Janet Lewin was in a happy place, she was expecting a baby boy and enjoying the different stages of her pregnancy, until she got to
The recent coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination mobilisation and public education blitz in Pembroke Hall, St. Andrew, was a welcome engagement for the residents. Hundreds converged at
“It is a terrible journey. It is like an armed man with axe, machete and other tools destroying the body,” states St. Thomas resident, Lincoln
Trade union leaders have joined the growing number of persons and organisations across the society urging more Jamaicans to get vaccinated against the coronavirus (COVID-19).
At first, Hortense Davis* was hesitant about taking the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. The Red Stripe employee told JIS News that she is not an antivaxxer,
