Donating blood has many benefits for one’s emotional and physical health, preventing your from serious diseases and boosting emotional well being. It is also essential to save lives. However, due to coronavirus pandemic, blood donation drive across the world suffered badly as people remained indoors. People also believed that donating blood post Covid vaccination could hamper their or the recipient’s health. World Blood Donor Day is observed annually on June 14 and every year countries around the world celebrate this day to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and to thank voluntary, unpaid blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood.
As Covid-19 is still around and booster vaccine drive is on, Dr. Pankaj Bhardwaj, MD, MAMS, AIIMS Jodhpur debunks myths related to donating blood after getting a Covid-19 jab.
Myth: Blood donation hampers the health of the donor if he or she got Covid-19 vaccine recently
Fact: According to American Red cross society, donating blood is completely fine after getting jabbed with Covid-19 vaccine but there are few important things that one should keep in mind. The name of the vaccine manufacturer is a must to provide while donating blood. Although Covishield, Covaxin, Sputnik V all the vaccines are safe for donating blood after the jab. As long as one is feeling okay during the time of blood donation, it is fine.