Freedom of Information request on civil liability and immunity regarding the COVID-19 vaccines (FOI 21/914)
Published 20 January 2022
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2nd September 2021
FOI 21/914
Dear
Regarding your questions about civil liability and immunity, information on this is available to view at the following link of our website page below:
Any further enquiries concerning liability should be sent to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).
All the Covid-19 vaccines approved for use in the UK now have conditional marketing authorisations (CMA) and supply of the vaccines has already or will transition from the Regulation 174 emergency use approval to the CMA moving forward.
Only 2 of the 4 approved vaccines (AZ & Pfizer) still have emergency use authorisations under Regulation 174 and the Conditions are specified and published on our website at the links below:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulatory-approval-of-covid-19-vaccine-astrazeneca
The conditions of Regulation 174 emergency use can be found at this link: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1916/regulation/174/made
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