According to a report, over 1,800 applications have been rejected so far. Almost 4,000 further compensation applications are still being processed.
An employee fills a syringe with a corona vaccine dose. Kay Nietfeld/dpa
According to a newspaper report, the federal states have so far approved 253 applications for compensation for a serious undesirable side effect of the corona vaccination. According to a nationwide survey by Welt am Sonntag (WamS), the front runners are the pension offices of the states of Bavaria with 61 and North Rhine-Westphalia with 38 approved applications. Bremen is at the bottom with no recognition. 1808 applications were therefore rejected, 3968 more are still being processed.
Inflammation of the heart muscle, sinus vein thrombosis and the Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare disease of the nerves, are mainly recognized as vaccine damage. According to WamS, there are also occasional deaths.
How much the vaccine damage will ultimately cost the state cannot be specifically quantified at this point in time. On the one hand, this is due to the applications that are still being processed or could follow. On the other hand, the amount and scope of state care depends on the extent of the damage and its health and economic consequences.
Corona vaccination damage: those affected are entitled to it
From a certain degree of damage, the state offers a lifelong basic pension of between 164 and 854 euros per month, according to the newspaper. If necessary, he will also cover the costs of treatment and pay compensation for professional injuries. In Hesse, for example, people with recognized vaccination damage received an average of 1,395 euros per month in 2021.
In extreme cases, the monthly total can be up to 15,000 euros. According to the WamS, surviving dependents of those who have been vaccinated are also entitled to state benefits as well as burial and death benefits. The countries bear the costs.
