Evaluation of Side Effects Associated with COVID-19 Vaccines in Saudi Arabia

• Published in: Vaccines (Basel) Vol. 9; no. 6; p. 674
• Main Authors: Alhazmi, Abdulaziz, Alamer, Edrous, Daws, Dalia, Hakami, Mashael, Darraj, Majid, Abdelwahab, Siddig, Maghfuri, Amani, Algaissi, Abdullah
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 18.06.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Adenoviruses; Age; Chronic illnesses; Clinical trials; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 vaccines; Disease prevention; Drug dosages; Fatigue; FDA approval; Fever; Infections; mRNA vaccines; Pain; Pandemics; Population; Questionnaires; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Side effects; Social networks; vaccine; Vaccines; Saudi Arabia; United States > US

Background: Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca are recently introduced vaccines to combat COVID-19 pandemic. During clinical trials, mild to moderate side effects have been associated with these vaccines. Thus, we aimed to evaluate short-term post-vaccination side effects. Methods: Cross-section...