Most abnormal symptoms are’muscle pain’… After fever, headache, and chills
1.77% level of inoculation… The younger you are, the higher the rate of reporting adverse reactions.
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It was confirmed that the number of cases in Korea that reported adverse reactions after receiving a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) vaccine appeared high in women and in their twenties. According to the Corona 19 Vaccination Response Promotion Team on the 15th, 4,757, 1.77% of the 269,047 people who received the vaccine for one week on the last 7 to 13 reported suspected adverse reactions.
The reporting rate of adverse reactions according to gender was 2.1% for women, which was higher than for men (1.0%). By age group, the reporting rate of adverse reactions was higher as the younger were, such as 3.6% in their 20s, 1.7% in their 30s, 1.2% in their 40s, 0.8% in their 50s, and 0.5% in their 60s. The most common adverse reaction symptoms were muscle pain (63.5%), followed by fever (60.7%), headache (40.6%), and chills (36.7%). The quarantine authorities explained that most of these symptoms are naturally occurring during the immunity formation process.
The reporting rate by vaccination institution was highest in nursing hospitals (5.3%), followed by hospital-level medical institutions (2.2%), nursing facilities (0.9%), first responders (0.4%), and corona 19 treatment hospitals (0.4%). The reporting rate by vaccine type was 1.9% for AstraZeneca vaccine and 0.4% for Pfizer vaccine.
The promotion team identified adverse reactions after vaccination in about 18,000 (3% of those vaccinated) who agreed to the letter survey among the cumulative domestic vaccinations (588,958). As of the 13th, it was confirmed that 32.8% of the respondents to the text survey complained of discomfort after getting the vaccine.
Respondents who complained of discomfort after vaccination by age group were in their twenties with 9.8%. This was followed by those in their 30s (8.3%), in their 40s (7.2%), in their 50s (6.3%), and in their 60s (1.1%). As such, it was found that the younger the person feels discomfort after vaccination. The most uncomfortable symptoms they complained of were pain at the vaccination site (28.3%), followed by muscle pain (25.4%), fatigue (23.8%), headache (21.3%), and fever (18.1%). Among the respondents, 2.7% of the respondents visited medical institutions such as hospitals. By type, there were outpatient visits (1.6%), emergency room visits (1.0%), and hospitalization (0.1%).
/ Intern reporter Park Shin-won [email protected]
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