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My roommate was found covid positive in the month of May,after that i feel some mild symptoms of covid I lost my taste and smell so wanted to know is it ok to take vaccine now or should I wait some more weeks, please suggest.
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Get Covid antibody test done , if it is negative you can take vaccine , if positive than wait for 3 months from the day of last recovered
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Wait for 6 to 8 weeks and then go for vaccination
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Dr. Dhiraj Poonia
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Jaipur
Ideally if u were symptomatic you should wait for 12 weeks post infection… so more 6-7 weeks wait and then take vaccine
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Dr. Khushboo
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8 yrs exp
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Min 90 days gap from date of recovery
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