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Langen (dpa) - Since the start of the vaccination campaign, more than 150,000 people have reported to the authorities via a smartphone app how well they tolerated the vaccination.
According to the Paul Ehrlich Institute (PEI) in Langen, that was 1.5 percent of those vaccinated so far.
The more vaccinated people use the “SafeVac 2.0” app, the more meaningful the data.
“These data help to ensure that the tolerability of the vaccine can be assessed even more effectively beyond the clinical trials prior to approval in its widespread use,” explains the PEI.
The information is encrypted and stored on the smartphone and sent to the PEI with a random number.
Participants are asked in detail about health problems after each vaccination: seven times within three weeks of the first vaccination and eight times within four weeks of the second vaccination.
Further surveys will follow six and twelve months after the last vaccination.
It is also asked whether the participants later became infected with corona despite the vaccination and whether they fell ill with Covid-19, i.e. developed symptoms.
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