**8. Adverse effects and contraindications of COVID-19 vaccine**

Vaccination is the process of administering foreign agent in the body which is usually associated with various adverse effects which are mostly of mild intensity but may cause severe adverse events in some [11].

Some of the known adverse events following immunizations are fever, pain and swelling at injection site, fatigue, chills, and headache. Some of the vaccine recipients may experience some severe adverse events like Anaphylactic reaction but the incidence of this is rare.

Contraindication to COVID-19 vaccine include severe allergic/anaphylactic reaction to any ingredient of the vaccine or to the first dose of vaccine. COVID-19 vaccine is also contraindicated in pregnant women or those suspected to be pregnant due to paucity of data in this group.
