Covid: How we already understand long-term vaccine safety

Covid: How we already understand long-term vaccine safety "We don't know the long-term side effects of Covid vaccines." That's a claim that's still common to see shared online.

But a year is actually considered "long term" when it comes to vaccine safety.

This week marks the anniversary of the first delivery of Covid-19 vaccines under the Covax scheme - as well as being more than 14 months since the first dose was given.

And scientists explain that's more than enough time for all but the rarest side effects to have emerged. BBC News

See also:

• Covid: Millions of vaccine doses destroyed in England BBC News
• Covid-19 tests: Southern Health Trust investigates 'inaccurate' results BBC News
• Government's decision to sell vital vaccine infrastructure 'is baffling and should be reversed' The Daily Mail
• Lateral flows missed up to 80% of Covid-infected people, study suggests The Daily Mail
• New Covid vaccine 100% effective against severe disease, manufacturers say The Independent
• "We are broken": The 2020 diaries of an ICU nurse on the Covid frontline The Independent
• Covid: 25000 NHS staff who had retired or left health service returned to the front line in the pandemic iNews
• GPs 'not expected' to lead spring Covid booster programme, says NHS England Pulse