Review of the side effects of Covid-19 vaccines: A narrative review

 Due to the prevalence of the Covid-19 disease pandemic, as of January 2021, emergency licenses have been issued for 9 different vaccines in different parts of the world. The aim of this study was to evaluate the side effects of Covid-19 vaccines.

In this study, to review existing articles, search national and international databases of pubmed and google scholar, Scopus, Web of Science, Sid and Magiran with the keywords "Covid-19", "Vaccine", " "Side effects" and "Safety" were performed. The search period was from 2010 to 2012.

A total of 196 related articles were retrieved. After removing irrelevant and repetitive cases and applying inclusion and exclusion criteria, finally 16 articles were included in the study. Complications and general characteristics reported in clinical trials of different vaccines were evaluated separately. Reported side effects of vaccines were generally pain in The site of injection , general fatigue, headache, fever, and muscle pain. Mild to moderate side effects were more commonly reported with the Oxford-Strazenica vaccine. Sinofarm vaccine was recognized as the least effective vaccine.

Health system policy makers should pay special attention to general education to the public about the various side effects of vaccines and always be present in the vaccination centers of a physician or specialist medical staff.