SERDANG – A total of 25,770, or 3.5%, of 706,404 Covid-19 vaccine recipients have had mild or serious side effects as at March 31.
Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said from the total, 3,676 cases were detected by the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency and 22,094 via MySejahtera.
He said about 99.5% of the cases were mild, while the remaining ones required treatment and observation by health specialists.
“Among the mild side effects experienced by vaccine recipients were pain at the injection spot, fever, headache, vomiting, nausea and tingling in the body...while the more serious ones were swelling in some parts of the body, such as the face, shortness of breath and discomfort in the chest.
“Those who had serious side effects were placed in wards for monitoring, and have been discharged.”
Dr Adham said the percentage of those with side effects after getting the jabin the country is lower than that in the Phase 3 study on the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
To date, there has been no death reported due to the side effect of the Covid-19 vaccine, he added.
Asked on coronavirus vaccination for pregnant women, Dr Adham said based on Pfizer’s clinical data, it is not a problem for pregnant women and nursing mothers to get the jab.
The groups have been urged to get and earlier evaluation from specialists at public health clinics or private hospitals, he added.
“Data, so far, shows that pregnant women can be given the vaccine.”
Pregnant frontliners have started receiving the Pfizer vaccine in the country. – Bernama, April 2, 2021
