Outcome |
No. of studies |
No. of participants |
Statistical method |
Effect size |
Vaccine efficacy (95% CI) |
Confirmed SARS‐CoV‐2 infection after complete vaccination |
1 |
25,435 |
N/A |
N/A |
73.50% (60.60% to 82.20%) |
Confirmed symptomatic COVID‐19 after complete vaccination |
1 |
25,463 |
N/A |
N/A |
78.10% (64.80% to 86.30%) |
Severe or critical COVID‐19 after complete vaccination |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
All‐cause mortality |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Serious adverse events |
1 |
26,924 |
Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI) |
0.76 (0.54 to 1.06) |
N/A |
Systemic reactogenicity events |
3 |
27,540 |
Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI) |
1.05 (0.86 to 1.28) |
N/A |
Any adverse event |
3 |
27,540 |
– |
Not pooled due to high heterogeneity |
N/A |
Local reactogenicity events |
3 |
27,540 |
– |
Not pooled due to high heterogeneity |
N/A |