When the Ministry of Health assesses whether extend the fourth dose of vaccine to people over 80 years of age or other groups – now immunocompromised people already have it – and about to expire the obligation to wear mask in closed spaceswith some exceptions such as public transport and health centers -which will happen this Wednesday-, possible side effects of covid vaccines continue to emerge.
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To the most common side effects –tiredness, Headaches y high fever– have been added general malaise and others that are much less common, such as myelitis transversa and the paresthesia.
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In it, it is detailed that since the beginning of the vaccination campaign until March 6, almost one hundred million doses of vaccines against covid have been administered in Spain -specifically, 99,455,472-, to a total of 40,988. 827 people. 65% of the administered doses corresponded to Comirnaty (Pfizer), 23% to Spikevax (formerly covid-19 Vaccine Moderna), 10% to Vaxzevria (formerly covid-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca) and 2% to covid-19 Vaccine Janssen.
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And according to this same report, among the most common adverse symptoms is pyrexia, which is a repeated feverish state after the third dose of vaccines against covid. Medically, pyrexia is defined as a body temperature equal to or greater than 38.5°C and lasts between 3 and 9 days.
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The study published by Health ensures that 20% of people in Spain who have claimed to suffer some symptom after receiving the third Comirnaty or Pfizer vaccine -which are 88 cases- have suffered from pyrexia, a figure that has risen to 34% -258 people – in the case of Spikevax or Moderna.
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