What are the side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine

For a few months, Mexico launched vaccination campaign against COVID-19. However, there may still be questions about the possible side effects you might experience after receiving the dose.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are several symptoms that could manifest themselves after receiving the vaccine. Here’s what to expect:

When you receive the injection, you may feel pain and swelling in the arm who received the dose. Likewise, it could be presented fever, chills, fatigue and headache, but don’t worry.

The CDC notes that these side effects are sign that the body is generating protection and they should go away after a few days. Also, most covid-19 vaccines will require 2 injections, so you will need to take the second even if you experience side effects, unless your doctor tells you otherwise.

However, you might have an allergic reaction. If you think you are having a serious allergic reaction upon leaving the vaccination site, seek immediate medical attention at 911.

The vaccination campaign is progressing slowly

Until this Tuesday, Mexico is ranked 19th in the world in terms of immunization progress in its population. However, the 1,733,404 doses applied in the country are a lower figure than the 126 million Mexicans.

Say of Mauricio Rodriguez Alvarez, spokesperson for the University Commission for Attention to the Coronavirus Emergency at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), one of the virtues that the country has had is to have worked on many fronts. “This doesn’t just include vaccines (which are) in the refrigerator”, told the agency EFE.

Mexico, he explains, focused on obtaining vaccines directly from providers, through the global Covax initiative, with the production of the AstraZeneca laboratory vaccine, as well as research and production projects for a Mexican vaccine.

On December 24, 2020, Mexico received the first shipment of anti-covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer and, since then, has received over 17 million doses. The last shipments arrived in the last 24 hours and came from Sputnik V, with 200,000 doses, and Pfizer, with over 500,000.

Although only 1.7 million have been applied, 3 million are ready to be applied and 14 million (between AstraZeneca and Cansino) are still being packaged in the country. Mexico has committed 34.4 million doses from US Pfizer, 79.4 from Britain’s AstraZeneca, 35 from Chinese CanSino, 24 from Russian Sputnik V, 10 from Chinese Sinovac and 51.4 from the Organization’s Covax platform World Health Organization (WHO).

Although there is an emergency in immunization and, for many, slow progress Juan Ramón de la Fuente, The Mexican Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) said that the development of immunization in Mexico can be analyzed from several angles.

“If you want to compare yourself to the 130 countries that have not started their immunization campaign, we are doing very well, but if you want to compare yourself to the ten countries that have monopolized the most vaccines, then we are at the train. He said on February 18 in an interview with EFE.

From the source asked to give the right dimension to what Mexico has done Well, “the fact that more vaccines have started to arrive in more countries is a very good sign,” he said.

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