COVID-19 vaccines and their reported side effects

Comirnaty (BioNTech and Pfizer) and Spikevax (Moderna) vaccines have ~4 times less reported suspected side effects compared to the Vaxzevria (AstraZeneca) and ~2 times less compared to the Jcovden (Janssen).

"The European Medicines Agency (EMA) monitors the safety of COVID-19 vaccines authorised in the European Union (EU) extremely carefully. This enables the detection of any rare side effects that may emerge once many millions of people are vaccinated. "

Safety of COVID-19 vaccines | European Medicines Agency (europa.eu) 

- Comirnaty (BioNTech and Pfizer)

Status as of 24/04/2022

627,000,000 Doses given to people in the EU/EEA

743,735 Reports of suspected side effects in the EU/EEA (see www.adrreports.eu) = 0.118%

- Spikevax (Moderna) 

Status as of 24/04/2022

155,000,000 Doses given to people in the EU/EEA

206,920 Reports of suspected side effects in the EU/EEA (see www.adrreports.eu) = 0.133%

- Jcovden (Janssen)

Status as of 24/04/2022

19,400,000 Doses given to people in the EU/EEA

48,410 Reports of suspected side effects in the EU/EEA (see www.adrreports.eu) = 0.249 %

- Vaxzevria (AstraZeneca)

Status as of 24/04/2022

69,000,000 Doses given to people in the EU/EEA

276,697 Reports of suspected side effects in the EU/EEA (see www.adrreports.eu) = 0.401 %