Regarding the new coronavirus vaccine, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to conduct a survey of 3 million people who have been vaccinated to investigate the situation of side reactions.

Following the approval of the vaccine developed by Pfizer and others on the 14th, the government started vaccination of medical staff on the 17th, and after April, the target of vaccination will be given to elderly people. The policy is to expand it.



In general, vaccination causes some side reactions such as swelling and pain, so the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to conduct a questionnaire from April to investigate the side reactions of the new coronavirus vaccine.



The survey was conducted on SNS by extracting 1 million people from the vaccinated people, and there are various possible side reactions such as fever of 37 degrees 5 minutes or more, malaise, swelling of the injection site, etc. Ask if you have any symptoms.



The data collected will be reported to an expert meeting of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to verify whether it is related to vaccination.



The policy is to investigate the vaccines of Moderna and AstraZeneca, which Japan has a contract to supply, if approved in Japan, and the total number of people surveyed is expected to reach 3 million.

According to the US Advisory Committee on the implementation of vaccinations, of the approximately 997,000 people who received the new coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer and others


, 67.7% complained of pain at the site of

vaccination in the first vaccination

.


▽ Fatigue was reported in 28.6%,


▽ Headache in 25.6%,


▽ Muscle pain in 17.2%,


▽ Fever in 7.4%,


▽ Joint pain in 7.1%,


▽ Cold and nausea in 7%,


▽ Swelling in 6.8%. I did.



Severe allergic reactions have also been reported.



As a result of investigating 9,943,247 vaccinations in the United States from the start of vaccination to the 18th of last month, 50 cases of severe allergic reaction called "anaphylaxis" were confirmed.



It is a calculation confirmed at a rate of 1.0007 for every 200,000 vaccinations.



Symptoms ranged from 26 to 63 years with a median of 38.5 years and 94% were female.



In addition, 74% said that they had symptoms within 15 minutes of vaccination and 90% had symptoms within 30 minutes.



Eighty percent said they had had an allergic reaction to drugs or food in the past.