- Medicines regulators look out for consumers and constantly monitor the safety of health products.
- Drug companies have to submit regular safety updates on their COVID jabs to regulatory bodies to track reactions among people who have been vaccinated.
- Each case is investigated by the regulator and then only if it is scientifically linked to the vaccine is it called a side effect.
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Dylan Bush is Bhekisisa's production and multimedia manager.
Aisha Abdool Karim was a senior health reporter at Bhekisisa from 2020 to 2022.