Freedom of Information request about deaths in care homes (FOI-21-050)
Published 7 May 2021
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FOI 21/050 Dear Thank you for your email dated 11th February 2021, where you asked: “1-How many of the 1,705 people who died in Care Homes in the two weeks following the vaccine roll out in care had been given the COVID-19 Vaccine? 2 -How many people/deaths have there been in care homes and in the wider community within two weeks of a vaccination? 3 -Since the vaccine/s roll out what is the total number of Adverse Reactions recorded up to Friday 12 February 2020? 4 -Since the vaccine/s roll out what is the total number of deaths up until Friday 12 February within 14 days of being vaccinated?” Unfortunately, we do not hold this information as we do not collect complete fatality data. The Office of National Statistics may be able to help with this part of your request. Reports received through our Yellow Card scheme include some fatality reports and these can be viewed by following the link below: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine-adverse-reactions TheCOVID-19 vaccine analysis prints at the above link above also detail all adverse reaction reports received by the MHRA up to 28thFebruaryfor the AstraZeneca andthe Pfizer BioNTech vaccines. I hope the information provided is helpful, but if you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of this response; and can be addressed to this email address. Yours sincerely, FOI Team Vigilance and Risk Management of Medicines Division