A woman has become the first person to have been successfully awarded compensation over a Covid-19 vaccine after her fiancé tragically died after receiving the AstraZeneca jab.
Vikki Spit's fiancée, Zion, 48, from Alston, near the Northumberland - Cumbria border, fell ill on May 13, 2021, eight days after he received the AstraZeneca vaccine. Despite the window for a blood clot being 4 to 28 days post-vaccination, Vikki said paramedics did not recognise that Zion's headache symptoms could be linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine.
Consequently, Zion did not receive the appropriate tests and treatment and tragically died at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary. Following a long legal battle, Vikki has been awarded the fixed compensation amount of £120,000 under the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme 1979 in relation to a Covid-19 vaccine.
