A research group of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced for the first time the analysis results of the side effects of the vaccine corresponding to "BA.1" among the Omicron strains of the new coronavirus.


Adverse reactions peak the day after vaccination, and the research team says, ``There seems to be no major difference from the adverse reactions of the third vaccination of conventional vaccines.''

A research group of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare analyzed the side effects of Pfizer and Moderna's ``BA. Announced at the meeting.

According to it, the percentage of adverse reactions in 55 people who received the Pfizer vaccine


was 61.8% for general malaise,


43.6% for headache , and


34.5 for fever of 37 degrees and 5 minutes or more. %was.

Among the 23 people vaccinated with Moderna,


73.9% had general malaise,


52.2% had headache, and


43.5% had a fever of 37 degrees for 5 minutes or more.



The side effects peaked the day after the vaccination and subsided after a few days.

Professor Suminobu Ito of the Juntendo University School of Medicine, who is the representative of the research team, said, ``Although the number of survey parameters is still small, it seems that there is no big difference from the side effects of the third vaccination of the conventional vaccine.''

Two people who were vaccinated with Pfizer's vaccine for "BA.5" died

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced that it received a report from a medical institution that two women who had been vaccinated with a Pfizer vaccine compatible with "BA.5" died at an expert panel held on the 11th.



Among them, an 87-year-old woman had underlying diseases such as sequelae of cerebral infarction, and died three days after being vaccinated on the 1st of this month.



The cause of death is unknown, and the causal relationship between vaccination and death cannot be evaluated at this time.

In addition, a 42-year-old woman's condition suddenly changed immediately after being vaccinated at the mass vaccination venue on the 5th of this month, and she died at the hospital to which she was transported.



In the future, we will collect information and evaluate by experts.



According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, vaccination for the Omicron strain "BA.5" began last month, and by the 8th of this month, it is estimated that more than 2.86 million people nationwide died, and the government announced the case of death after vaccination. is the first time.