Government Not Liable To Compensate For Deaths Due To COVID Vaccination : Centre Tells Supreme Court .

The affidavit filed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare highlighted that there was no legal compulsion to obtain vaccination and that the same was purely voluntary.

"The concept of informed consent is inapplicable to the voluntary use of a drug such as a vaccine. While the Government of India strongly encourages all eligible persons to undertake vaccination in public interest, there is no legal compulsion for the same.

"Just as a medicine has side effects, AEFIs are reported for every vaccine in the world. A vaccine beneficiary always has the option to access even more information about the vaccine and its possible adverse effects from health workers at the vaccination site or their doctor before making an informed choice of their own," the Union Health Ministry contended

 

he Government cannot be held liable to compensate for the deaths occurring due to the administration of COVID-19 vaccines, said the Central Government

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he Government cannot be held liable to compensate for the deaths occurring due to the administration of COVID-19 vaccines, said the Central Government

https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/government-not-liable-to-compensate-for-deaths-due-to-covid-vaccination-centre-tells-supreme-court-215344