US Government Confirms COVID-19 Vaccine Caused Severe Fever

It’s not clear whether the person who suffered the side effect survived.

A health care worker prepares a vaccine in New York City in a file photograph. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

The federal government has expanded its list of confirmed COVID-19 vaccine side effects for which it will provide compensation.

A person who suffered “severe febrile reaction,” or a high fever, after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine will receive compensation from the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP), according to the Health Resources and Services Administration, which administrates the program.