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He Ministry of Health reported this Friday that 317 adverse events have been reported after the
application of 32,013 doses of the vaccine Sputnik V,
in the first two days of the national vaccination campaign against covid-19 that Argentina began last Tuesday.
These adverse events are those that have been reported up to 11:59 p.m. local time on December 30 to the Integrated Health Information System of Argentina (SIISA), as indicated by the first vaccine safety surveillance report published today by the Ministry of Health.
“44.2% of the ESAVIs (adverse events) reported correspond to people with fever, headache and / or myalgia that started 6 to 8 hours after vaccination,” he explained.
These events are related to the Sputnik V vaccine, added the report, which details that among the expected reactions, they may occur: pain at the injection site, hyperemia, swelling.
And that within systemic reactions, there may be: short-lived flu-like syndrome with onset within 24 to 48 hours (characterized by chills, fever, arthralgia, myalgia, asthenia, malaise, headache) or less frequent gastrointestinal symptoms ( nausea, dyspepsia, decreased appetite).
“These reactions have an average duration of 24 hours,” he explained.
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