Review Article

The Safety Profile of COVID-19 Vaccines: A Narrative Review

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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic inflicted a considerable burden on health systems and individuals worldwide. Thus, scientists intended to propose beneficial treatments and vaccines to fight against this virus. However, vaccination remained the only effective way to reduce death and hospitalization due to COVID-19 infection. To date, about five proposed COVID-19 vaccines have been approved as WHO emergency use listings (EUL). Yet, their safety profile needs the following actions to be revealed: (1) more follow-up registry systems and (2) global clinical trials in various countries in a period that they are experiencing a peak. By searching keywords 'COVID-19' and 'vaccination' in PubMed and Scopus databases, we aimed to summarize the current evidence in the literature regarding the safety profile (i.e., local and systemic adverse events) of ten COVID-19 vaccines: (1) Pfizer/BioNTech, (2) Moderna, (3) Sputnik V, (4) Bharat, (5) CanSino, (6) Sinovac, (7) AstraZeneca, (8) Johnson & Johnson, (9) Novavax, and (10) Sinopharm. Moreover, we demonstrated the data on the safety of heterologous schedules of these vaccines alongside further considerations in people with comorbidities and particular circumstances. Most of the COVID-19 vaccine adverse effects possess a mild-to-moderate, self-limiting nature. However, special circumstances such as severe hyper-sensitivity necessitate the use of an alternate COVID-19 vaccine. Vaccination is the only way to exit the global pandemic, and its benefits outweigh its adverse effects. Meanwhile, people should be aware of the signs of the probable rare, severe reactions to the vaccine.

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Seyedmirzaei H, Shobeiri P, Mohammadi M, Zarei M. The Safety Profile of COVID-19 Vaccines: A Narrative Review. Immunol Genet J. 2024;7(3):117-136.