What side effects are known and expected for the approved mRNA vaccines?
After over 11 million administered vaccine doses, Swissmedic has so far evaluated 9,834 reports of side effects.
The most common side effects after receiving the mRNA vaccine include soreness at the injection site, fatigue, headache, muscle soreness, chills, joint pain, nausea, vomiting, and fever. These symptoms occur up to seven days post vaccination and tend to be stronger after the second dose.
Reports of serious allergic reactions are extremely rare. A report issued by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States indicates an adverse-allergic-reaction rate of only one individual per 100,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.
The Swiss FOPH has also released a video on this subject.
- What is an mRNA and what is its function?
- How do mRNA vaccines work?
- Which mRNA vaccines are already approved or under development in Switzerland?
- Are the approved mRNA vaccines comparable?
- Does the mRNA vaccine affect our genetic material?
- What do the approved mRNA vaccines contain?
- What side effects are known and expected for the approved mRNA vaccines?
- How effective are the approved mRNA vaccines?
- How long does the protection of the approved mRNA vaccines last?
- How and why are mRNAs modified for the vaccines?
- Is the technology behind the mRNA vaccines new?
- Why were mRNA vaccines earlier available than conventional vaccines?