Assessment of Booster Dose’s Adverse Effects of Covishield and VeroCell Vaccine among The Staff and Medical Students of Nepalgunj Medical College

Abstract

The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) started as an outbreak in China and affected millions of people around the globe. The massive spread of this disease caused thousands of casualties and vaccines came as a ray of hope. The majority of people got vaccinated with Covishield and Vero cell vaccines. Among those who are vaccinated, many are experiencing side effects. There are few studies done regarding Covishield and Vero cell Vaccines. However, there are no studies to our knowledge assessing the adverse effects of booster doses of those vaccines among the people of Nepal. The aim of this study is to assess the adverse effect of Covishield’s and Vero cell’s boosters among staff and medical students of Nepalgunj Medical College. This is a descriptive observational study conducted among the Staff and medical students of Nepalgunj medical college with a cross-sectional design. The adverse effects of Covishield’s and Verocell’s boosters were similar to the other two doses of the vaccines but the pain at the injection site was present in a higher number of participants vaccinated with boosters. Local site pain, bodyache, and fever were more in people vaccinated with Verocell’s boosters than in Covishield’s boosters.

Keywords: Covishield, Verocell, Side Effects, Vaccine, COVID-19