Covid-19: NPRA says only one adverse event report among children after vaccination is serious

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SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Tuesday night (Feb 22) reiterated its call for the public to refrain from rushing to hospitals with non-emergency conditions, as Singapore saw a record high of 26,032 Covid-19 cases.

PETALING JAYA: The National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency says 57 from a total of 58 adverse events following immunisation reports involving children between the ages of five and 11 it receives as of Monday were not serious.

She said among the adverse events reported included acute stress response, fever and shortness of breath. “The AEFI report rate for this age group is 0.1 per 1,000 doses,” she said at a Covid-19 vaccine AEFI report media briefing session on Wednesday .

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

 

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