Question reference: S6W-01148
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 1 July 2021
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 9 August 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many people had a serious adverse reaction to any of the COVID-19 vaccines, and how many required (a) hospital or (b) medical treatment from their GP as a result of any such adverse reaction.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not collect data on suspected adverse drug reactions (ADRs) to COVID-19 vaccines approved for use in the UK as this a statutory function of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
The MHRA produces a weekly summary of Yellow Card reporting and includes other safety investigations carried out by the MHRA under the COVID-19 Vaccine Surveillance Strategy. On 1 July this report was updated to include new data up to 23 June 2021. The MHRA does not currently break down these data by treatment required at secondary or primary clinical care settings.
The number of suspected ADR reports received in the UK for COVID-19 vaccines up to and including 23 June were as follows:
Table 1
Country | Pfizer / BioNTech | Oxford University / AstraZeneca | Moderna | Brand unspecified |
England | 62,531 | 176,810 | 5,602 | 483 |
Wales | 4,259 | 9,279 | 236 | 46 |
Northern Ireland | 1,685 | 2,483 | 2 | 8 |
Scotland | 6,047 | 14,658 | 528 | 86 |
The number of suspected thrombo-embolic events with concurrent thrombocytopenia ADR reports received for the Oxford University/AstraZeneca vaccine in the UK up to and including 23 June were as follows:
Table 2
Country | Number of reports |
England | 315 |
Wales | 13 |
Northern Ireland | 9 |
Scotland | 32 |
Unknown | 26 |
For further details on other ADRs being monitored please refer to the full report at: Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine adverse reactions - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) .