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The husband of BBC radio presenter Lisa Shaw, who died as a result of medical complications after receiving the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, has said her family has been left with “no option” but to sue the pharmaceutical giant. Ms Shaw, 44, who worked for BBC Radio Newcastle, died just one week after her first jab in May 2021 after being admitted to hospital with severe headaches which turned out to be a bleed on the brain.

Husband Gareth Eve is one of a group of 75 claimants, some of whom have lost relatives, and some of whom survived with serious injuries. All of them claim the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab was the blame.

Mr Eve told the BBC he and others had made repeated attempts to contact both the company and the Government following their respective tragedies.

He added: “It’s not in my make-up to turn around and say I want to sue somebody but for almost two years we’ve tried to engage with the Government and tried to engage with MPs since Lisa died and not one of them has reached out or engaged with us at all.

“Any engagement is fleeting at best so that’s the reason that we’re left with no alternative – if the Government or AstraZeneca don’t want to engage with us then what else are we supposed to do?”

Mr Eve denied being a “crackpot or conspiracy theorist”, stressing all those involved in the claim were “husbands and wives and family members who have lost somebody – that’s all it is”.

He stressed: “Whatever the money it’s not going to bring my son’s mam back.”

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The vaccine was the first to be approved for use in the UK in December 2020, with 100 million doses ordered by the Government.

Mr Eve said he and others had been made to feel like the controversy surrounding the vaccine was “a dirty secret”, adding: “It’s established it’s been caused by AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccination – it’s not about Covid, it’s not about how many lives the Covid vaccination has saved, it’s about what this vaccination has done to Lisa and other families and not about how successful it was or whether somebody is anti-vax.”

A spokesman for the Department for Health and Social Care said: “More than 144 million Covid vaccines have been given in England, which has helped the country to live with Covid and saved thousands of lives.

“All vaccines being used in the UK have undergone robust clinical trials and have met the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA) strict standards of safety, effectiveness and quality.”

Vaccines were the “best way” of protecting against Covid, the spokesman continued, pointing to the vaccine damage payments scheme for “individuals who have, in extremely rare circumstances, been severely disabled or died due to receiving a government-recommended vaccine for a listed disease”.

An AstraZeneca statement said: “We are unable to comment on ongoing legal matters. Patient safety is our highest priority and regulatory authorities have clear and stringent standards to ensure the safe use of all medicines, including vaccines. Our sympathy goes out to anyone who has reported health problems.”

Clinical trial results showed the Covid vaccine had “an acceptable safety profile” with benefits “outweigh the risks of extremely rare potential side effects”, the statement added.

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