UK: Nearly 14,000 people in the United Kingdom have sought compensation claiming side effects of COVID-19 vaccines

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In the United Kingdom (UK), about 14,000 people have applied for government compensation. People alleged that they have suffered losses due to getting the COVID-19 vaccine. According to a report by The Telegraph, some people had earlier also claimed side effects of the COVID vaccine. They talked about heart attack, swelling in the spinal cord, after which the government compensated them.

A scheme was started in the United Kingdom in 1979, named VDPS i.e. Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme. Under this, there is a provision to give compensation if people had some side effects after getting the vaccine. In the last few years, a total of 16,000 applications were made in it and most of them are related to COVID-19 vaccines. However, the application of many people was rejected. Because they were not fulfilling the criteria required for the scheme.

How much money is received

Under this scheme, those who are eligible are given Rs 1,30,27,665. According to the report, the government has approved payment in only 175 cases so far. Which is less than 2 percent of the total applications received. More than 5,500 applications have been rejected in this scheme. 519 applications were rejected even before reaching the investigation. Only those people get the benefit of this scheme, who are at least 60 percent disabled.

Questions are also being raised on the government

Questions are also being raised on the government regarding the side effects of the vaccine. Countries like Germany, Italy, France and Spain had banned the AstraZeneca vaccine, but the UK government continued to recommend the AstraZeneca vaccine. However, AstraZeneca was given legal protection at the beginning of the pandemic, so even if someone wins a case against the company, the bill will not be paid by the company.