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. 2023 Apr 7;15(4):e37275. doi: 10.7759/cureus.37275

Table 4. Characteristics of data from various reporting agencies.

Abbreviations: TTS, Thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome; CVST, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis; NA, not available; MOHFW: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; AEFI: adverse events following immunization

Reporting agency Country Date of issue Type of vaccine Total doses administered Events reported (n) Sex (n) and age group Fatality
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) [9] United States 01 September 2021 J&J/Janssen and Moderna J&J/Janssen: over 14.3 million doses; Moderna: over 356 million doses J&J/Janssen (TTS: 45); Moderna (TTS: 2) N/A N/A
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) [10] Yellow card scheme United Kingdom 09 December 2020 to 01 September 2021 AstraZeneca, Pfizer/BioNTech, and Moderna AstraZeneca: 24.8 million first doses and 24.1 million second doses; Pfizer/BioNTech: 21.9 million first doses and 18.1 million second doses; Moderna: 1.4 million first doses and 0.9 million second doses AstraZeneca: 416 major thromboembolic events with concurrent thrombocytopenia; 45 after second dose; CVST: 148 Pfizer/BioNTech: 17 major thromboembolic events with concurrent thrombocytopenia; Moderna: two major thromboembolic events with concurrent thrombocytopenia  AstraZeneca: Female (210); male (202); unknown (94); age: range, 18-93 years; Pfizer/BioNTech: female (6) Male: 11; age: range, 28-91 years; two cases with Moderna; both male and under the age of 50 AstraZeneca: 72 deaths (17%), (6/72 after second dose); Pfizer/BioNTech: two deaths (12%); Moderna, no deaths
MOHFW, AEFI report from India [35]; National AEFI Committee India 16 January 2021 to 28 June 2021 COVISHIELD (AstraZeneca) and COVAXIN NA 32 patients reported with events (32); only one case with COVAXIN; 21 cardiac events; two unexplained deaths; four Ischemic stroke cases; three haemorrhagic stroke; One case of venous haemorrhagic infarct; N/A (1) Eight females; 24 males Seven recovered; 25 dead