What are the possible side effects of the BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine?
The most common side effects with BNT162b2 (which may affect more than 1 in 10 people) were pain at the injection site, tiredness, headache, muscle pain, chills, joint pain and fever.
How is the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine administered?
How is BNT162b2 used?The pharmaceutical form of this medicine is an injection. Following dilution with saline, BNT162b2 is given to you by an authorised practitioner as an intramuscular injection into the muscle at the top of the upper arm (deltoid muscle). You should receive two doses (each 0.3mL) given 21 days apart.
What are the side effects of the Pfizer booster shot?
Some of those side effects include “injection-site pain and swelling, fatigue, headache, possibly some muscle aches, or what we’d call myalgias or joint aches, and arthralgias,” said Dr. Rouhbakhsh.
What are some of the less common side effects of Astrazeneca COVID-19 vaccine?
eling unwell, starting within a day of having the vaccine and usually lasting for a day or two. If your fever is high and lasts longer than two or three days, or you have other persistent symptoms, this might not be due to side effects of the vaccine and you should follow appropriate advice according to your symptoms.Uncommon (may affect up to 1 in 100 people)
- sleepiness or feeling dizzy
- decreased appetite
- abdominal pain
- enlarged lymph nodes
- excessive sweating, itchy skin, rash or hives
Is the Pfizer COVID-19 booster safe?
Are the boosters safe? Yes. “There’s very, very little risk,” of any serious complications from a booster shot, says Kotis of UCSF. It’s reasonable to assume the “booster could show about the same side effects that you had after those first or second series shots.”
How effective is the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster?
The trial of the Pfizer vaccine as a booster found that it was extremely effective against preventing illness from Covid-19. In the 5,000 people who received the booster dose, 5 of them developed Covid-19 illness.