| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:public_health_intervention 
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                                | gptkbp:administeredBy | healthcare professionals 
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                                | gptkbp:administeredWorldwide | over 13 billion doses (as of 2023) 
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                                | gptkbp:aimsTo | prevent COVID-19 infection 
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                                | gptkbp:approvedBy | gptkb:World_Health_Organization gptkb:European_Medicines_Agency
 gptkb:U.S._Food_and_Drug_Administration
 
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                                | gptkbp:beganIn | 2020 
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                                | gptkbp:canBeAdministeredAs | intramuscular injection nasal spray (in some cases)
 
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                                | gptkbp:contraindication | people with severe allergic reactions to vaccine components 
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                                | gptkbp:distributionBegan | December 2020 
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                                | gptkbp:effectivenessVariesBy | gptkb:virus_variant vaccine type
 
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                                | gptkbp:includesVaccine | gptkb:Covovax gptkb:AstraZeneca_COVID-19_vaccine
 gptkb:Covaxin
 gptkb:Johnson_&_Johnson_COVID-19_vaccine
 gptkb:Moderna_COVID-19_vaccine
 gptkb:Pfizer-BioNTech_COVID-19_vaccine
 gptkb:Sinovac_COVID-19_vaccine
 gptkb:Sputnik_V_COVID-19_vaccine
 gptkb:Sinopharm_COVID-19_vaccine
 
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                                | gptkbp:monitors | gptkb:Centers_for_Disease_Control_and_Prevention gptkb:World_Health_Organization
 national health agencies
 
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                                | gptkbp:partOf | gptkb:COVID-19 
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                                | gptkbp:recommendation | gptkb:Centers_for_Disease_Control_and_Prevention gptkb:World_Health_Organization
 adults
 children (in some countries)
 
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                                | gptkbp:reduces | hospitalization severe COVID-19
 death from COVID-19
 
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                                | gptkbp:reducesTransmissionOf | gptkb:COVID-19 
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                                | gptkbp:requires | booster doses international travel (in some countries)
 
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                                | gptkbp:sideEffect | fever fatigue
 headache
 muscle pain
 chills
 injection site pain
 
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                                | gptkbp:subjectOf | public health campaigns vaccine hesitancy
 misinformation
 
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                                | gptkbp:supportedBy | COVAX initiative 
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                                | gptkbp:uses | gptkb:COVID-19_vaccines 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | COVID-19 Vaccination 
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