Adverse Events Following Sinopharm Covid-19 Vaccination among Medical Students

To develop immunity against Covid-19, vaccination was prioritized by World Health Organization (WHO). According to WHO, at least 70% of a population should be vaccinated to develop herd immunity. For this purpose, several kinds of vaccination had been introduced. One of them was Sinopharm inactivated Covid 19 vaccine, that was administered for a trial purpose to the medical students from 16th august 2021. So our purpose was to see the side effects following vaccination to sweep out the fear regarding Sinopharm vaccination. This cross-sectional analytical study was carried out from June to September 2021, among 228 medical students to find out the side effects after receiving 1st and 2nd dose of Covid-19 vaccines. Data were presented in both frequencies and percentages. Vaccine site pain was complained by 84.0% students after first dose and 78.0% students after 2nd dose. Many of the students complained of headache (49.8% after 1st dose, 38.8% after 2nd dose), fever (36.0% after 1st dose, 17.2% after 2nd dose). Some of students complained of muscle pain joint pain, which resolved within a short period. From this study; it was found that, adverse effect following 1st and 2nd dose of Sinopharm were mild, common and non-life threatening.