OVER 30,000 adverse events following immunization (AEFI) were registered by the Department of Health (DOH) in the government’s on-going Covid-19 inoculation drive.
Of these cases, Health Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje said only 10 to 20 have serious side effects.
“So far, there are no serious side effects traced to the vaccine. Many were just coincidental,” Cabotaje said during an interview with PTV on Wednesday.
Lulu Bravo, a member of the government’s AEFI committee, said among those reported adverse events are fever and an increase in blood pressure.
But she explained such symptoms are common for those who would get themselves vaccinated
“The average number of days they will have these [adverse events] is two to three days. If it persist beyond that and the person experiences anything severe and intolerable, they should immediately report it to the vaccination center,” Bravo said.
She said some of the symptoms come from existing health conditions of persons before they got vaccinated such as hypertension, or they were already infected with Covid-19 before being vaccinated.
As of Tuesday, Cabotaje said the government already administered over 3.2 million Covid-19 vaccine doses. Of these, 2.5 million were first doses, while the remaining 786,528 were second doses.
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