UAE Covid vaccine: Dos and don’ts after taking your first jab

UAE Covid vaccine: Dos and don’ts after taking your first jab

Got your first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine? Doctors have dished out some pointers you have to keep in mind, and the most important of which is: Do not forget your second vaccination.

Medical experts have strictly instructed jab takers not to skip their second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

“The second dose is more important than the first one as this is what will stay in the body as memory-T cells, Helper-T cells and matured B-cells to ward off the infection later on,” said Dr Ravi Arora, specialist in internal medicine, endocrinology and diabetes at NMC Speciality Hospital in Abu Dhabi.

According to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in the US, it typically takes a few weeks for the body to build immunity or protection against the virus that causes Covid-19 after vaccination. This explains why there could be cases where a person who had taken the shot gets infected, experts said.

Specialist Dr Amaka Kate Uzu said that initially, the first dose of the vaccine would trigger the body's immunity and help it recognise the virus when it enters.

“This process typically takes a few weeks after the first