Infectious disease specialist doctor Clarification of vaccine issues “COVID-19” That people should know To build immunity And prevent further infection in the future
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Dr. Taweechot Pittayasunon, MD. Expert National Committee on Communicable Diseases Press conference on the COVID-19 vaccine That people should know Around the world, about 100 million doses of the novel coronavirus are vaccinated as emergency use. Including Thailand By adhering to the principles of safety and quality The main goal is Reduce illness Reduce death And reduce the transmission of infection Must be injected to build immunity to prevent further infection in the future. Because when not sick or sick but without symptoms The transmission of the infection will be less.
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The side effects of the vaccine were pain, swelling, redness, heat. For example, Astrazeneca vaccine was found to have pain, swelling, redness, heat, about 70%. For such severe side effects Pfizer’s vaccine found 11 cases in 1 million doses, Moderna found 3.7 cases in million doses, which is higher than the flu vaccine found in about 1 million doses, but data needs to be kept.
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Severe symptoms of both vaccines usually develop 15 minutes after injection, so symptoms should be monitored at the 30-minute post-injection service. AstraZeneca is not yet available. Because it is in the process of starting injection While Sinovac uses the same long-lived inactivated form as influenza vaccine, Encephalitis And injectable polio Found that the side effects were low. Therefore I am quite confident that the side effects are likely to be minimal. In addition, about 4-5 million doses of vaccines in Indonesia, China and Myanmar were sought during the request for information, while mutant cases resulted in a reduction in vaccine response problems. You must follow up on this information closely.
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