Safety and efficacy of Sinopharm vaccine (BBIBP-CorV) in elderly population of Faisalabad district of Pakistan

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INTRODUCTION: The first case of novel SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) in Pakistan was detected on 26 February 2020. Pharmacological and non-pharmacological strategies have been tried to lessen the mortality and morbidity burden. Various vaccines have been approved. The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan gave emergency approval for Sinopharm (BBIBP-CorV) COVID-19 vaccine in December 2021. The phase 3 trial of BBIBP-CorV included only 612 participants aged 60 years and above. The primary aim of this study was to assess the safety and efficacy of BBIBPP-CorV (Sinopharm) vaccine within the Pakistani adult population aged 60 or above. The study was carried out in the Faisalabad district of Pakistan.

METHODS: A test negative case-control study design was used to assess safety and efficacy of BBIBP-CorV in individuals aged 60 and above against symptomatic infection, hospitalisations and mortality due to SARS-CoV-2 among vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals. ORs were calculated using logistic regression model at 95% CI. ORs were used to calculate the vaccine efficacy (VE) by using the following formula.VE= (1-OR) ×100.

RESULTS: 3426 individuals with symptoms of COVID-19 were PCR tested between 5 May 2021 and 31 July 2021. The results showed that Sinopharm vaccine 14 days after the second dose was efficient in reducing the risk of symptomatic COVID-19 infection, hospitalisations and mortality by 94.3%, 60.5% and 98.6%, respectively, among vaccinated individuals with a significant p value of 0.001.

CONCLUSION: Our study showed that BBIBP-CorV vaccine is highly effective in preventing infection, hospitalisations and mortality due to COVID-19.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:99

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Postgraduate medical journal - 99(2023), 1171 vom: 08. Juni, Seite 463-469

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nadeem, Iftikhar [VerfasserIn]
Ul Munamm, Syed Ata [VerfasserIn]
Ur Rasool, Masood [VerfasserIn]
Fatimah, Mufakhara [VerfasserIn]
Abu Bakar, Muhammad [VerfasserIn]
Rana, Zaid Khalid [VerfasserIn]
Khatana, Usman Feroze [VerfasserIn]
Jordon, Louise [VerfasserIn]
Saqlain, Muhammad [VerfasserIn]
Mahdi, Noor [VerfasserIn]
McLoughlin, Hilary [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

BIBP COVID-19 vaccine
COVID-19
COVID-19 Vaccines
Health & safety
Immunology
Journal Article
Public health
Vaccines

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Date Completed 13.06.2023

Date Revised 21.08.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/postgradmedj-2022-141649

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NLM357964772