UK Reassures On AstraZeneca After Advising Under-30s Take Other Vaccines UK Reassures On AstraZeneca After Advising Under-30s Take Other Vaccines Officials said the suggestion that under-30s should be offered an alternative did not reflect any serious safety concerns, just a vanishingly rare possible side effect.
Updated: April 09, 2021 1:29 am IST
UK has continued to use its AstraZeneca vaccine since it became the first country to roll it out.
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British officials and ministers sought to shore up confidence in AstraZeneca s COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, saying advice that most people under 30 should be offered alternative shots was not unusual and would not impact the pace of rollout.
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We were still getting to grips with the terrifying new world that we are now numb to.
Against this backdrop, work had begun on coronavirus vaccines but it was not clear when, or if, they would be ready for use.
In the 12 months since that first lockdown a lot has happened.
Not all of it has been positive.
The Kent variant of coronavirus swept the country. Taking the pandemic to terrible new heights in early January, but around the same time a frankly miraculous vaccine rollout was beginning.
Last week three and a half doses of vaccine were administered every second in England.
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Pharmacist says get vaccinated despite brother s death
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A pharmacist whose brother died after having the AstraZeneca vaccine has told the BBC she still feels strongly that people should continue have their jabs.
Alison Astles brother Neil, 59, died of a blood clot on the brain on Sunday, after having the vaccination on 17 March.
She said he was extraordinarily unlucky and that more lives will be saved by people having the vaccine than not.
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