MOSCOW, Jan 17 within seven days after vaccination against coronavirus, the press service of the department reports. «Due to COVID-19, on the feast of the Epiphany, during its integral part — Epiphany bathing, you should follow the rules. The Ministry of Health of the Moscow Region recommends: keep a social distance. Refrain from swimming for 7 days after being vaccinated against covid,” the press release states. It is also recommended to refrain from people with exacerbation of chronic diseases, with fever, symptoms of SARS, with diseases of the respiratory system, nervous and cardiovascular systems, gastrointestinal tract and kidneys, in diabetes. Including dipping is undesirable for children and pregnant women, the message says. «Bathing in an ice hole is possible only if a person is healthy and his body is prepared for the action of cold — that is, he has previously been tempered. When bathing without prior preparation, there is a high risk of possible negative consequences from hypothermia, such as SARS, colds and exacerbation of chronic diseases,» the chief physician of the Vidnovskaya hospital, Butay Butaev, is quoted in a press release. According to the doctor, one should dive near the doctors on duty or rescuers. During the procedure, it is better not to dive immediately and not wet your head — in order to avoid the risk of spasm of the vessels of the head and loss of consciousness. Before swimming, you should not drink alcoholic beverages, and after that it is recommended to drink hot tea, the message says.
