[Effectiveness and safety of COVID-19 vaccines in healthcare workers in Buenos Aires City, Argentina.].

Introduction: COVID-19 vaccination aids pandemic limitation. In Argentina, three vaccines are approved, and healthcare workers are priorized (HCWs). The aim was to determine the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines, analyzing change in Immunoglobulin G levels and the incidence of new COVID-19 cases up to 12 months after the second dose.

Active monitoring of early safety of Sputnik V vaccine in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

This study describes the incidence of early events supposedly attributable to vaccination or immunization (ESAVI) that occurred in healthcare workers who had been inoculated with the first component of the Sputnik V vaccine. Safety at 72 h post-immunization was analyzed based on a self-reported form. Between January 5 and January 20, 2021, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a total of 707 healthcare workers (median age 35 yrs, female 67%) were vaccinated.