byClaudio Del Frate
In Italy, approximately 135 million doses were administered between 2020 and 2022. There were 134 thousand cases in which unexpected symptoms occurred (almost always muscle pain or mild fever)
How many adverse reactions were there to Covid vaccines in Italy? Few, just 0.099% of the total. This is stated in the report from AIFA, the drug agency which periodically monitored and collected reports. The data becomes relevant again after Astrazeneca decided to withdraw its vaccine across the planet. A move, according to the company’s statements, essentially dictated by market issues (at the moment there would be an overabundance of doses available).
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The eleventh pharmacovigilance report drawn up by Aifa takes into consideration all five vaccines used in the anti-Covid campaign in the period between 27 December 2020 and 26 February 2022, i.e. the most intense period of the prevention campaign. In this period of time, 134,361 reports of adverse reactions to Covid vaccines were received by AIFA out of a total of 135,849,988 doses administered. The resulting percentage is precisely 0.099%.
Among the cases that came under observation, 82.1% were caused by symptoms considered mild (injection or muscle pain, fever, sense of exhaustion). The first dose caused a slightly higher rate of adverse reactions than the second. The figure drops further on the occasion of the third injection. The disorders almost always emerge on the same day the vaccine was administered. In general – according to what was recorded by Aifa – 18 adverse events were highlighted per 100,000 doses.
Another interesting data concerns the compensation requests made for adverse vaccine reactions. In this case the data is partial and does not come from Aifa but from the Lombardy Region, where 8,700,000 inhabitants were vaccinated. According to data from Guido Bertolaso’s health department, as of June 2023, 97 compensation applications had been submitted in the most populous region of Italy. Of these, 66 were judged admissible: within these, 22 had already been rejected, 3 had a positive response and 42 were still waiting to be examined.
May 8, 2024 (modified May 8, 2024 | 4:03 pm)
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