National Assembly Passes Special Act on State Compensation for COVID-19 Vaccination Victims

Expansion of Compensation Scope
Establishment of the COVID-19 Vaccination Damage Compensation Committee

A bill mandating the state to compensate those who suffer damages after receiving the COVID-19 vaccination passed the National Assembly on the 2nd.

On the same day, the National Assembly approved the Special Act on Compensation for Damages from COVID-19 Vaccination with 263 votes in favor and 2 abstentions out of 265 members present. The bill had previously been passed in January by the Health and Welfare Committee of the National Assembly through bipartisan agreement.

On the 2nd, the National Assembly plenary session passed the 'Resolution Urging the Appointment of Constitutional Court Justice Ma Eun-hyeok.' April 2, 2025 Photo by Kim Hyun-min

The bill primarily expands the scope of vaccine damage compensation by presuming causality if there is proven temporal correlation and other factual evidence between the COVID-19 vaccination and the occurrence of disease.

It also establishes the "COVID-19 Vaccination Damage Compensation Committee" to deliberate and decide on matters related to compensation for damages from COVID-19 vaccination.

Until now, the government has provided state compensation to COVID-19 vaccination victims under the current Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Act. However, since causality and other factors were recognized in a limited manner, there have been criticisms that damages from COVID-19 vaccination were not properly compensated.

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