But how will the Pfizer and J&J shots affect you - can you, for instance, expect any side-effects?
The Sisonke trial, which uses the J&J jab, was, for example, recently paused for two weeks to investigate reports about rare blood clots linked to the vaccine.
So how do you know if a side-effect is something to be concerned about and how often are such symptoms likely to occur?
We break it down.
1. What is a side-effect?
To answer that, let’s take a quick refresher on how vaccines work. (A great place to start is to watch the first session of the Vaccine Science 101 course Bhekisisa and the Centre for Evidence-based Healthcare hosted in March.)
SA now has an app to report Covid-19 vaccine side effects â hereâs how it works Apr 22, 2021, 05:00 PM
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The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority
has launched the globally utilised Med Safety App to make reporting side effects from medication and vaccines much, much easier -
including Covid-19 vaccines.
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It is designed to help SAHPRA improve its data collecting abilities and bring a greater awareness to pharmacovigilance – the practice of medical safety.
The latest SAHPRA updates on drug testing will be made available on the app.
You can also report side effects super-fast without having to go to a doctor.
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