At the Ichilov Hospital, they checked with the teams that completed the vaccination process for Corona, how they felt during the second injection and in the days that followed. • All details
Ichilov Hospital published tonight (Wednesday) the results of a survey conducted among 1,700 employees of the medical center, who completed the immunization process to Corona (took two injections).
The population began to be vaccinated with the second dose of corona vaccine // Photo: Moshe Ben Simhon, newsenders
According to the survey results, only 16.6% did not feel any effect while injecting the second dose, while more than half of the participants felt mild local pain.
30% felt pain that caused movement limitation, and 11% reported local swelling.
Also, 36% of respondents had no symptoms at all after 48 hours from the time of vaccination.
44% of respondents reported significant weakness or fatigue, 9% reported joint pain and only 5% reported fever of 38 degrees and above.
Meanwhile, the vast majority of participants (85%) did not take sick days due to the symptoms, with 10% taking one day and 5% reporting taking more than one sick day.