About 10,300 claims had been submitted as of October 1. Nearly 70% claim that receiving COVID-19 vaccinations caused them harm. Of those, 3 more COVID-19 vaccine injuries were approved for compensation by US authorities.
Three more COVID-19 vaccination injuries have met the threshold for compensation, according to US regulators on October 20.
Six claims filed with the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP) have now been confirmed to be compensable, according to a Health Resources and Services Administration official speaking at a vaccinations meeting. All of the claims concern COVID-19 vaccinations.
One is the outcome of serious allergic shock. The remaining five are the outcome of myocarditis, a type of cardiac inflammation.
Only one of the six vaccine-injured patients has received partial compensation. Officials are assessing "eligible expenses" for all six, according to the official.
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