US Government Pays 2 More People Injured by COVID Vaccines

Both experienced myocarditis, or heart inflammation, after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. One person received $4,183 and the other $4,934.

Syringes filled with COVID-19 vaccine sit on a table at a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in a file image. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

The U.S. government has paid two more people who were injured by COVID-19 vaccines as it faces the prospect of being forced by a court to improve a program for victims.

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), which runs the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP), issued the payments to two people who suffered heart inflammation after COVID-19 vaccination.