Western Australian Vaccine Safety Surveillance – Annual Report 2021
Report describes adverse events following immunisation (AEFI)
Reported to Western Australian Vaccine Safety Surveillance (WAVSS) system
For vaccinations received in 2021.
The format of this Annual Report differs, to enable description of the impact of the program
COVID-19 vaccination started in February 2021
In 2021, Western Australia
5,756,723 vaccine doses were administered,
up from 2,071,167 in 2020.
Of this amount, 3,948,673 were COVID-19 vaccines
In 2021, a significant increase in reports of AEFI
10,726 individual AEFI reports in 2021,
up from 270 in 2020.
Credit to : Dr John Campbell