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Five people suffer from Covid-19 vaccine side effects

Five people suffer from Covid-19 vaccine side effects

A medical worker checks the body temperature of a man before he is injected with the Covid-19 vaccine - PHOTO: VNA

HCMC – Among more than 500 people that have been injected with AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine in Vietnam over the past two days, five people suffered from a number of side effects.

As of late March 9, 522 people, including medical workers directly taking care of Covid-19 patients, those in charge of Covid-19 testing and detection and members of community Covid-19 teams, had been vaccinated.

As many as 107 of them are working at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases – Branch No. 2, 104 others at the HCMC Hospital for Tropical Diseases, 206 at the Hai Duong City Medical Center and Kim Thanh District Medical Center in Hai Duong Province, 36 at the Hanoi-based Thanh Nhan Hospital and 69 at the Gia Lai Province Field Hospital.

Five of them suffered from some side effects such as fatigue, a headache, fever, diarrhea and nausea. They are being taken care of at the hospital and are stable.

According to the Ministry of Health, all Covid-19 vaccination venues must strictly comply with regulations on vaccine storage and preservation as well as Covid-19 infection prevention and control measures. They are required to set up sufficient functional areas including a reception zone, a waiting zone, a screening room, a vaccination room, a follow-up room and an allergic reaction treatment room.

Those vaccinated should immediately contact the local medical centers if they suffer from any side effects.

Vietnam is delivering 117,500 doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to 14 disease control centers and 21 Covid-19 treatment facilities in 13 cities and provinces that have recently been hit by Covid-19.

More than 5.6 million Covid-19 vaccine doses will arrive in the country in March and April. Over 4 million of them will be provided by COVAX Facility and 1.48 million bought by the Vietnamese Ministry of Health.

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