Alberta confirms AstraZenca death, Moderna doses arrive early: In The News for May 5
by The Canadian Press
Last Updated May 5, 2021 at 4:28 am EDT
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An Alberta woman in her 50s has died from a rare blood clot disorder after receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
Chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw says the fatality is the second case of vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia and only death related to VITT out of more than 253,000 doses of AstraZeneca that have been administered in Alberta to date.