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If you experience difficulty breathing ,chest pain

,confusion,loss of speech or mobility ……contact health care

People vaccinated are protected against serious illness and
death for at least 8 months.

Test:

PCR or antigen laboratory test ,test sheck the active

Disease.
-Pfeizer vaccine can be given safely to children 5 years
-Pfeizer and Moderna for children from 12 years of age.

-Pregnant woman can take vaccine because during
-pregnancy they are at hjgh risk of serious illness caused by
Covid and risk of delivering immature baby.

Tools to fight against Covid -19:

Vaccines Masks keep social distancy Testing

Viral test looks for viral infection ,antigen or nucleic acid

Amplification tests( NAATS)

Other variants ,less severe importance of vaccination and
boosters

DELTA Virus:

First identified in India in late 2020 , believed to be more
than twice as contagious as previous variants .People who
are not vaccinated are most at risk .

Children and adults under 50 were 2.5 times more likely to

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