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Vaccines have had great impact on disease prevention and mortality reduction. Very rarely, vaccines also can pose serious adverse effects. In consideration of this fact, vaccine injury compensation programs have been implemented in many countries to compensate a vaccinee for associated adverse effects. The existing vaccine injury compensation systems address for routine immunization scheme. However, there are rising concerns about the compensation for adverse effects caused by new vaccines such as COVID-19 and others. The objective of this review is to search the present ---vaccine injury compensation program and future perspectives to include all other new vaccines targeting COVID-19 and other emerging viral diseases.