Claim Alleging Injury or Death From a COVID-19 Countermeasure to Be Compensated

More than 4,000 other claims await decision by the U.S. government compensation program

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that New York is one of two states with the highest spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, the other being New Jersey, in New York City, on Dec. 15, 2021. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images

For the first time amid the pandemic, the U.S. government compensation program will pay out one of the 4,751 claims alleging injuries or death arising from the administration of a covered countermeasure used to diagnose, treat, or prevent COVID-19.

Countermeasures may include emergency authorized or federally approved vaccines, drugs, and medical devices that the Food and Drug Administration allows for use during a public health emergency.