evidence: As for other medicines, EMA has received reports of death following COVID-19 vaccination. Between January 2021 and December 2023, with around 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered, about 12,000 spontaneous reports of death were received in EudraVigilance from healthcare professionals and members of the public. [...] COVID-19 vaccines are not specifically authorised for preventing virus transmission from one person to another. As with other vaccines, this does not mean they cannot reduce virus transmission or be used with the additional aim of reducing transmission. [...] COVID-19 vaccines have been used in hundreds of millions of people around the world and are subject to intensive safety monitoring.