FOI Ref: FOI/2022/3874
You asked
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 can you please give me the COVID-19 adverse reaction reports for the following vaccines up to 25 January 2022.
- Novavax
- Jansen
- Valneva
- Sanofi
We said
Thank you for your request.
The Office for National Statistics COVID-19 Infection Survey (CIS) is a household survey that estimates the number of people testing positive for infection and for antibodies in the UK. Our statistics refer to the number of current COVID-19 infections within the population living in private residential households. We exclude those in hospitals, care homes and/or other communal establishments. In communal establishments, rates of COVID-19 infection are likely to be different.
We do not hold data on COVID-19 adverse reactions by vaccine type.
You may be interested in the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA, previously Public Health England) vaccine surveillance strategy. In section 4, you can find out about vaccine safety surveillance for rapid detection and evaluation of possible adverse events associated with vaccination. The vaccine safety surveillance is undertaken in collaboration with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). They produce a weekly yellow card report that details reported suspected side effects to the vaccines. For further queries you can contact MHRA at info@mhra.gov.uk and you can contact UKHSA at informationrights@ukhsa.gov.uk.
Further information and an overview of data about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and other sources can be found in our Coronavirus (COVID-19) latest insights tool.
Deaths involving the COVID-19 vaccination
Our data is derived from the death certificate, using information received at the point of death registration. For the vaccine to be mentioned on the death certificate the medical professional certifying the death must have believed, to the best of their knowledge, that the vaccine was part of the events that led to the death. Deaths reported as due to or involving the COVID-19 vaccination are recorded using ICD-10 code U12.9. We do not receive information on the brand of vaccination administered.
We report deaths attributed to adverse reaction to the COVID-19 vaccination monthly within our Monthly Mortality Analysis. The latest data available is January 2022.
There are currently 24 deaths registered in England and Wales with the aligning ICD codes for this, 18 of these deaths have ICD-10 U12.9 as the underlying cause.
Please note that these are deaths across all age groups since the rollout of the vaccination in December 2020 and there are no deaths registered under the age of 30.
More information regarding the difference in ONS data to Yellow Card scheme data can be found in this blog. How many people have died as a result of a COVID-19 vaccine? | National Statistical (ons.gov.uk)