CDC: Information about COVID-19 coronavirus vaccines for people with allergies

If you are allergic to an ingredient in a COVID-19 vaccine:  If you have had a severe allergic reaction or an immediate allergic reaction—even if it was not severe—to any ingredient in an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, you should not get either of the currently available mRNA COVID-19 vaccines (Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna).  More...

CDC: Allergic reactions including anaphylaxis after receipt of the first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine

“During December 14–23, 2020, monitoring by the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System detected 21 cases of anaphylaxis after administration of a reported 1,893,360 first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (11.1 cases per million doses); 71% of these occurred within 15 minutes of vaccination.”  More...