Moderna vaccine: most common adverse events in Spain

As of November 13, 2022, around 8.6 thousand cases of pyrexia (fever) had been reported after receiving the Moderna vaccine against COVID-19 in Spain. Similarly to the adverse events recorded with the BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine, pyrexia was on top of the list, followed by headache and myalgia, which amounted to around 4.2 thousand and 3.3 thousand notified cases, respectively. As of that date, more than 24 million Spikevax doses (Moderna) had been administered in the country.

Most common adverse events reported after receiving the Moderna (Spikevax) vaccine against COVID-19 in Spain as of November 13, 2022

Characteristic	Number of cases
Pyrexia	8,646
Headache	4,298
Myalgia	3,366
Discomfort	2,994
Pain in the vaccination area	2,862
Fatigue	1,484
Chills	1,418
Sickness	1,355
Lymphadenopathy	1,125
Arthralgia	1,002

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Release date

December 2022

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Spain

Survey time period

as of November 13, 2022

Supplementary notes

Includes any kind of adverse event notified after receiving the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. Adverse events are not to be interpreted as induced by the vaccine until a casual relationship is confirmed.

As of November 13, 2022, a total of 24,128,984 doses of the Moderna vaccine had been administered in Spain.

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