A bill proposing the government's compensation for damages arising from the administration of COVID-19 treatments that were granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) such as Paxlovid or Lagevrio etc. has been filed.

On the 22nd, People Power Party member Mi-Ae Kim proposed a bill as representative for the partial revision of the “Special Act for Promotion of the Development and Emergency Supply of Medical Products in Response to Public Health Crisis” which contained the abovementioned contents.

Currently, side effects arising from COVID-19 vaccines are compensated based on the ‘Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act,’ and the side effects arising after administration of drugs th