Slovakia documents over 4,000 suspected adverse reactions to Covid vaccines

A total of 4,492 cases of suspected adverse reactions to vaccines against Covid-19 had been reported in Slovakia up to Thursday, the State Institute for Drug Supervision (SUKL) has said on its website, adding that 272 of these cases were serious, making up 6.1 percent of the total. The most often reported serious adverse effects were persisting increased blood pressure, especially among patients treated for hypertension, pre-collapse, collapse, thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, allergic reactions, temporary paralysis or short-term loss of consciousness.