Vice President Leni Robredo did not experience side effects from her COVID-19 jab from the United Kingdom’s AstraZeneca vaccine, she said on Thursday, May 20.
Robredo posted an update about her vaccine experience on Facebook a day after receiving her first dose at a vaccination site in Quezon City.
“I went to my room earlier than usual and made sure everything was within arm’s reach just in case - medicines, sweater, socks, extra blanket, 2 jugs of water. I was expecting the chills and body pains to come anytime, but (there was) nothing,” she said.
Her daughter, Tricia, a medical frontliner, earlier received a dose of the AstraZeneca jab. Tricia reported that she experienced fever and chills after her first dose.
But the vice president didn’t experience the same side effects as her daughter, so she went on with her regular duties and monitored her office’s Bayanihan E-Konsulta threads.
Robredo was only able to sleep at about 2 a.m and woke up five hours later with “no chills, no fever.”
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“Even my left arm didn’t feel heavy. I started texting our staff to check on them. Everyone who was with me yesterday was reporting fever, chills, body pains (of) varying degrees. So I guess, the side effects being experienced vary from person to person,” she shared.
The vice president was even able to attend a speaking event on Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. While she was feeling a little sleepy before the speaking engagement, she felt more energetic during the question-and-answer portion, she added.
Even though she felt fine, Robredo said her daughters advised her to stay at home for today “because my immune system is supposed to be down after the vaccination.”
Robredo took time to get vaccinated because previously, there was only a meager supply of COVID-19 doses when the vaccination of the A3 category began. She said she’ll reconsider getting inoculated since there are already over seven million doses available in the country.
On Wednesday, she got her first dose together with 18 staff members, most of whom are part of the A3 category or people with comorbidities. Robredo is hypertensive.