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AstraZeneca shot can cause rare blood clots but benefits outweigh risk, European medicines agency says

AstraZeneca vaccine can cause rare blood clots, EU agency finds, as UK advises other shots for under-30s CNN 2 hrs ago By Angela Dewan and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN © Lennart Preiss/AFP/Getty Images A nurse prepares a vial with AstraZeneca s vaccine against the coronavirus (Covid-19) at a doctor s office in Deisenhofen, southern Germany, on March 31, 2021, amid the ongoing pandemic. - Bavarian GPs are now allowed to vaccinate their patients against Covid-19. The first day of vaccinations in their practices, however, comes just hours after the German government announced that AstraZeneca s vaccine is reserved for general use in people over 60. (Photo by LENNART PREISS / AFP) (Photo by LENNART PREISS/AFP via Getty Images)

AstraZeneca vaccine has possible link to rare cases of unusual blood clots, EMA finds

AstraZeneca vaccine has possible link to rare cases of unusual blood clots, EMA finds NIAC has said its current advice about the use of this vaccine in Ireland still applies. By Orla Dwyer Wednesday 7 Apr 2021, 6:05 PM 7 hours ago 22,775 Views 67 Comments Image: Shutterstock/insta photos Updated 4 hours ago THE EUROPEAN MEDICINES Agency (EMA) has said unusual blood clots should be listed as a “very rare side effect” of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. The EMA’s safety committee had considered all the available evidence around the rare instances of unusual blood clots with low blood platelets in people who had received the AstraZeneca vaccine. 

European agency finds AstraZeneca shot can cause rare blood clots but benefits outweigh risk

European agency finds AstraZeneca shot can cause rare blood clots but benefits outweigh risk By: CNN Updated: 07 APR 21 10:51 ET By Angela Dewan and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN     (CNN) The safety committee of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has found that the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine can cause unusual blood clots with low blood platelets, but stresses the overall benefits of the shot in preventing coronavirus outweigh the risks of side effects. The committee said there had been 18 deaths reported in its review of 62 cases of CVST (a clotting in the sinuses that drain blood from the brain) and 24 cases of splanchnic vein thrombosis (in the abdomen) that were reported in an EU drug safety database. The cases came mainly from spontaneous reporting systems of the European Economic Area and the UK, where around 25 million people in total had received the vaccine, it noted.

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