Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what advice he has received on any potential link between myocarditis or myopericarditis and the covid-19 vaccine being injected accidentally into the blood stream; and if he will make a statement.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is currently investigating all potential causes for events reported following COVID-19 vaccination. However, the MHRA has not provided specific advice on any potential link with myocarditis or myopericarditis. As COVID-19 vaccines are used via intramuscular injections in the upper arm, it is extremely unlikely that they will be injected into a blood vessel. The MHRA has not identified any evidence of an association with errors of administration in the United Kingdom with reports of suspected myocarditis.