ABSTRACT
Background: A number of vaccines were introduced to fight the COVID-19 pandemic;however, questions have been raised about their safety. Aims: The objective of this study was to assess the adverse effects that students at Mutah University who received various COVID-19 vaccines reported experiencing. Methods: A cross-sectional online survey employing a well-designed questionnaire was undertaken to look for any side effects that university students might have experienced after receiving a single or double dose of several COVID-19 vaccines. Results: The study sample consisted of 416 university students, of whom 61 percent were women and around 38 percent had COVID-19. In addition, 70.9 percent of research participants received the Pfizer vaccine, 28.1 percent got the Sinopharm vaccine, and just 0.7 percent and 0. 2 percent, respectively, selected the AstraZeneca vaccine and the Moderna vaccine. Localized discomfort following injection (reported by 75% of participants), fatigue (reported by 56.6%), headache (reported by 52.4%), myalgia (reported by 49%), fever (reported by 43%), chills (reported by 37.3%), and arthralgia (37.3 percent) were the most common adverse effects. Conclusion: Majority of short -term side effects of COVID-19 vaccines are mild. Nonetheless, additional studies are required for evaluating their long-term side effects.