Rejected petition Vaccinators should aspirate the needle prior to administering the COVID vaccine

All vaccinators administering the COVID jab should be taught to aspirate the needle to check that the vaccine is injected into muscle tissue and not a blood vessel.

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If the vaccine is injected into a blood vessel it can cause complications such as myocarditis or a pulmonary embolism.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

Petitions must call for a specific action that the UK Government or House of Commons is directly responsible for.

Procedural and clinical decisions about public health guidance on immunisation are an operational matter for Public Health England, not the Government or House of Commons.

As a result the Government or House of Commons is not directly responsible for the action you have requested.

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Date submitted 21 December 2021
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