No link between anesthesia and taking vaccines, says Saudi health official

No link between anesthesia and taking vaccines, says Saudi health official

JEDDAH: There is no link between local or general anesthesia and taking vaccines, including the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, the Health Ministry's spokesman said on Thursday. This came in response to a person's query regarding the amount of time an individual should wait between taking the vaccine and undergoing general anesthesia, claiming there were doctors who said 14 days must pass. Health Ministry Spokesman Dr. Mohammed Al-Abd Al-Aly said that the vaccine is safe and effective and contributes to preventing infection with the virus. He also called on the public to get information from official sources and to not follow rumors. Saudi Arabia on Thursday reported 15 more COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the overall toll to 7,408. There were 1,261 new cases, bringing the total number of people in the country who have contracted the disease to 454,217. A total of 9,925 cases remain active, 1,516 of which are in critical condition. Of the newly recorded cases, 402 were in Makkah, 292 in Riyadh, 166 in the Eastern Province and 120 in Madinah. The ministry said 1,364 patients had recovered from the disease, bringing the total number of recoveries in the Kingdom to 436,884. Saudi Arabia has so far conducted 19,496,450