Covid vaccine: Side effects and why it can’t give you the virus

Covid vaccine: Side effects and why it can’t give you the virus Coronavirus vaccines help protect people from getting seriously ill if they come into contact with the disease. But how do they work? And will a vaccine make you feel unwell?

The BBC's CrowdScience presenter Marnie Chesterton explains why a Covid vaccine can't give you the virus, and why it's normal to experience some mild side effects, such as a headache or a raised temperature. BBC News

See also: 

• Middle-aged women 'worst affected by long Covid', studies find BBC News
• Covid: Intensive-care patients moved hundreds of miles BBC News
• Coronavirus: EU plans tougher controls on vaccine exports BBC News
• Four of five 'long Covid' patients still suffer debilitating symptoms five months later The Daily Mail
• What you can and can't do from March 29 as lockdown rules start easing The Daily Telegraph
• It's not 'greed' behind the Covid vaccine success. It's state finance and the NHS The Guardian
• More than 80% of people who were reluctant to accept vaccine in December change their mind The Independent
• India finds ‘double mutant’ Covid variant with ‘increased infectivity’ The Independent