Authorities in Britain are examining a possible link between the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine and a rare clotting disorder .
It comes after a senior official from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) suggested the available evidence indicates a clear link between the vaccine and rare blood clot events.
The EMA has yet to respond to the claim.
Meanwhile a trial of the drug on children in the UK has been paused, while the country s medicines regulator - the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) - carries out an investigation.
Over the weekend, it was reported that there had been 30 blood clotting cases recorded by the MHRA out of more than 18 million doses of the AstraZeneca shot administered.
Pioneering Newbridge scientist Dame Kathleen Lonsdale receives English Heritage Blue Plaque on 50th anniversary
Blue plaque erected at Kildare woman s childhood home
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Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, right, and Diana, Princess of Wales, are among the six women who will have Blue Plaques erected in their honour this year );
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Pioneering scientist Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, who was born in Newbridge, Co Kildare, has been honoured today by English Heritage with the erection of a Blue Plaque at her childhood home.
The organisation, which cares for historic monuments, sites and buildings, unveiled the plaque today, Thursday, April 1, to mark the 50th anniversary of her death. The plaques are well-known symbols which link the connections between locations and famous people.
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The National Immunisation Advisory Committee has advised that AstraZeneca vaccine could be less effective on older people and that the Pfizer and Moderna vaccinations are preffered for over 70s but why and what does that mean for our vaccination rollout? Joining Ciara to discuss was Professor of Immunology and Director of the Kathleen Lonsdale Institute for Human Health Research at Maynooth University, Paul Moynagh.
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