UK health officials have advised that anyone with a significant history of allergic reactions to vaccines, medicines or food should not receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
It comes as two people with a known history of allergies suffered reactions after receiving the vaccine. It's understood they both needed to carry an adrenaline auto injector with them.
Professor Cliona Ni Cheallaigh, consultant in Infectious Diseases at St James's Hospital, joined us for The Last Word on Health to discuss this.
