Health Ministry: All forms of exercise OK after COVID vaccination

• Author: MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
• Published date: 09 October 2021
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

Health experts discussed the possibility of asking newly vaccinated individuals to avoid strenuous exercise and other physical activity for one week after receiving each dose due to cases of myocarditis that were detected in a small percentage of vaccinated people, The Jerusalem Post learned.

However, Health Ministry Director-General Nachman Ash told the Post that there is no intention to roll out any such restrictions.

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"To the best of my knowledge, there is no reason not to exercise after vaccination," Ash said. "There is a theory and there are some who believe that it [strenuous exercise] is connected to heart inflammation - that the intensity causes the heart inflammation - but I don't think there is any scientific basis for this."

He said the vaccine committee discussed it but there will be no change in the guidelines that are given to vaccinated people after getting the jab.

"There are no plans to place any such restrictions,"...