The Argentine Ministry of Health has reported 317 adverse reactions to Russia's 'Sputnik V' vaccine after giving more than 32,000 doses to the public in the first two days of their national vaccination campaign.

"44.2% of the adverse events reported correspond to people with fever, headache and/or myalgia that started 6 to 8 hours after vaccination," the health ministry explained.

Short-lived flu-like syndrome with onset from 24 to 48 hours are also a known adverse reaction, the ministry said.

"These reactions have an average duration of 24 hours," the ministry explained.

Argentina began the vaccination process last Tuesday (December 29) with a batch of 300,000 doses of the Russian vaccine.

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The Argentine Ministry of Health reported that 317 adverse events have been reported after the application of 32,013 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine, in the first two days of the national vaccination campaign against covid-19 that Argentina began last Tuesday.

These adverse events are those that have been reported to the Integrated Health Information System of Argentina (SIISA), according to the first vaccine safety surveillance report published by the Ministry of Health.

"44.2% of the ESAVIs (adverse events) reported correspond to people with fever, headache and / or myalgia that started 6 to 8 hours after vaccination," he explained.

These events are related to the Sputnik V vaccine, added the report, which details that among the expected reactions, they can occur: pain at the injection site, hyperemia, swelling.

And that within systemic reactions, there may be: short-lived flu-like syndrome with onset within 24 to 48 hours (characterized by chills, fever, arthralgia, myalgia, asthenia, malaise, headache) or less frequent gastrointestinal symptoms ( nausea, dyspepsia, decreased appetite).

"These reactions have an average duration of 24 hours," he explained.

Argentina began the simultaneous vaccination process throughout the country last Tuesday, with the batch of 300,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine received on Thursday of the previous week, which is applied to health personnel.