BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — A woman has filed a lawsuit against the Barbados Government alleging that she has suffered serious health complications after receiving two doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in 2021.

The woman, through her attorney, has named the Office of the Attorney General as the defendant in the 2024 claim, in which she alleges that the Health and Wellness Ministry is liable for injuries she sustained as a result of receiving the vaccine.

The woman, who is being represented by constitutional attorney, King’s Counsel Larry Smith, alleges that the vaccine administered to her was “defective” and that the Government failed to provide a product that was as safe as she was entitled to expect under the Consumer Protection Act.