Guidance

COVID-19 vaccination: what to expect after vaccination

Information for people who are receiving a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination.

Applies to England

Documents

What to expect after your COVID-19 vaccination leaflet

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Details

This leaflet is intended for healthcare practitioners to give to individuals who are being immunised.

Paper copies of this leaflet are available free to order or download in the following languages:

English, Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional, Cantonese), Dari, Estonian, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Panjabi, Pashto, Polish, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tigrinya, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu and Yoruba.

Accessible formats of this leaflet are available to order or download: Audio, Braille, BSL and Large Print.

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Published 7 December 2020
Last updated 26 April 2023 + show all updates
  1. Added links to accessible versions

  2. Added links to translated versions.

  3. Updated leaflet and guide.

  4. Add links to new audio version and updated translations.

  5. Added version 6.

  6. Updated Details section as version 5 of the leaflet is now available to order.

  7. Updated advice about side effects and added revised version 5 of the English leaflet.

  8. Updated advice about side effects and added version 5 of the English leaflet.

  9. Updated to reflect translations are available to order.

  10. Added links to revised braille, large print and translate leaflets.

  11. Added revised English leaflet (v4).

  12. Added updated English leaflet.

  13. Added Ukrainian and French leaflets, and a link to the easy-read leaflet.

  14. Added Kurdish and Urdu leaflets.

  15. Added Chinese, Farsi, Nepali and Somali leaflets.

  16. Added Arabic, Bengali, Gujarati and Punjabi leaflets.

  17. Added Hindi leaflet.

  18. Added Albanian and Tagalog leaflets.

  19. Added Spanish and Romanian leaflets and product code for the braille leaflet.

  20. Added Polish version and revised large print English leaflet.

  21. Added Turkish version.

  22. Updated standard leaflet, revised content in the HTML document, and added a link to the BSL video.

  23. Added a large print version of the leaflet and its product code.

  24. First published.