Dr. Nazla Rafeeq, Spokesperson of the Health Emergency Operations Centre (HEOC) has confirmed that none of the people who have received the Covishield vaccine for Covid-19 have recorded any severe side effects.
Speaking at last night’s press conference, Dr. Nazla said that two people vaccinated at the Social Centre yesterday reported some difficulties and were treated. She also said that although a few people were treated for symptoms like fever, none of the patients were hospitalized.
“Two people vaccinated at the Social Centre yesterday showed symptoms like throat pain and increased heartrate. Such people were treated on the spot. In addition to this, although some people reported fever and body aches, no symptoms severe enough to require hospitalized treatment were identified”, said Dr. Nazla.
According to HPA, a total of 2,898 people received the Covid-19 vaccine yesterday. Amongst these, 2,375 were vaccinated in the Greater Male’ Area, while 523 of the vaccinations are from the atolls.
Furthermore, so far a total of 9,752 people have received the Covid-19 vaccine across Maldives, including 7,963 in the Greater Male’ Area and 1,789 from the atolls.
The vaccine currently being used in the Maldives is the Covishield vaccine developed by the AstraZeneca-Oxford University, and manufactured by the Serum Institute of India.
India gifted 100,000 doses of the vaccine to the Maldives, which will be used to vaccinate 50,000 people as each person requires two doses of the vaccine. The government of Maldives is also trying to procure another 700,000 doses of the vaccine, which are expected to arrive in March.
