AstraZeneca Records Most Side Effects In Botswana :: Mmegi Online

FRANCISTOWN: The Botswana Medicines Regulatory Authority (BOMRA) vaccine pharmacovigilance officer, Kagiso Modise has stated that the regulatory authority has recorded a high figure of individuals who suffered side effects after taking the AstraZeneca vaccine.

The recorded side effects were much higher compared to other jabs used in the fight against COVID-19 in the country. Modise said the official figure of those who experienced side effects after taking the AstraZeneca vaccine stands at 767.

She revealed the statistics during the closing ceremony of World Medicines Safety Commemoration Week organised by BOMRA in collaboration with the Nyangabgwe Referral Hospital in Francistown. When presenting the Assessment, Evaluation, Feedback, and Intervention System (AEFIS) Botswana surveillance report on COVID-19 vaccines, Modise said nationally they have received 1,326 cases of people who experienced side effects after taking COVID-19 vaccines.

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