AstraZeneca faces legal challenge over Covid vaccine

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AstraZeneca faces legal challenge over Covid vaccine
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Claimant Jamie Scott suffered suffered severe brain injury after having the Covid jab in April 2021.

AstraZeneca is facing legal action over its Covid vaccine, by a man who suffered severe brain injury after having the jab in April 2021.

The action, taken under the Consumer Protection Act, alleges the vaccine was "defective" as it was less safe than individuals were entitled to expect.In June 2022, the World Health Organization said the AstraZeneca vaccine was "safe and effective for individuals aged 18 and above".A further claim from about 80 people who say they were injured by the AstraZeneca vaccine is also due to be launched later this year but Mr Scott's case is expected to be heard first.

Official figures obtained under a Freedom of Information request showed at least 144 out of 148 VDPS payments had gone to recipients of the AstraZeneca vaccine,reported. And an attempt to have the VDPS overhauled is at the heart of these legal actions. He was given the jab in Oxford, just a few hundred metres away from the Jenner Institute, where the vaccine had been developed. The government called it a pivotal moment in the fight against the virus.By September 2022, some 53 million people in the UK had received at least one dose of Covid vaccine.And the vaccine had saved more than six million lives

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