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For its part, glomerulonephritis, according to EMA, refers to the “inflammation of small filters in the kidneys” and nephrotic syndrome to the “kidney disorder that causes the kidneys to leak too much protein in the urine.”
According to the Agency, a small number of cases that were reported. However, they were emphatic in mentioning that although the events occurred after vaccination, they are not necessarily related or were caused by the vaccines.
“The reported cases refer to suspected side effects: medical events that have been observed after vaccination, but that are not necessarily related to or caused by the vaccine”, They emphasized several times.
The EMA made it clear that the study of new possible adverse effects is part of the constant collection of information and the pharmacovigilance process carried out with the drugs and vaccines used by citizens.
Vaccines are safe and effective
The EMA also recalled that vaccines are safe and save lives. In fact, he emphasized that, in the European Union, only 0.07 percent of those vaccinated with Pfizer have had an adverse event after the vaccine, that is, less than 250 thousand cases in 330 million doses applied.
In the case of the vaccine Modern, only 0.11 percent of people vaccinated with these doses in the European Union have suffered some type of adverse event, that is, less than 49 thousand cases in 43.5 million doses applied, as of July 29, 2021 .
This indicates that cases have occurred in less than one percent of those vaccinated in that territory.
The agency also reiterated that, with the increasing circulation of the delta variant, people who can already be vaccinated should start and complete their schedules as soon as possible.
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Vaccination is important to reduce the spread of the virus and prevent the emergence of new worrisome variants
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“Full vaccination with any of the approved vaccines offers a high level of protection against serious illness and death caused by SARS-CoV-2, including variants such as delta. (…) Vaccination is also important to protect people at higher risk of serious illness and hospitalization, reduce the spread of the virus and prevent the appearance of new worrisome variants ”, emphasized the European Medicines Agency.
In Colombia, in turn, the Ministry of Health has indicated that the arrival of the delta variant in the country should be an additional motivation to get vaccinated, since it could become dominant for the month of October.
Timely vaccination can help impact levels of transmission and exposure to new variants of the virus.
“We have to get vaccinated in an accelerated way, as well as intensify distancing, hand washing and the use of a mask in closed spaces. Only in this way will we protect ourselves and be able to minimize the risk, “said the Deputy Minister of Health, Luis Alexander Moscoso, in recent days.
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