Australia’s medical regulator has become a household name over the past year thanks to its work approving coronavirus vaccines, but that’s just a fraction of the TGA’s work.
Australia’s medical regulator has become a household name over the past year thanks to its work approving coronavirus vaccines, but that’s just a fraction of the TGA’s work.
News 8th May 2021 3:56 PM An Aussie grandmother who developed horrific bruising on her body days after receiving the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine has been kept in hospital. Maureen DeBoick, 80, from Western Australia, was flown to the Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth two weeks ago after the troubling symptoms developed. Firstly a large spot appeared on Ms DeBoick s tongue which grew overnight. It progressed very quickly to the inside of her gums bleeding and everywhere she touched on her body came out in a huge dark bruise straight away. If she rubbed it, it bled, her daughter Trudy Love said.
News 8th May 2021 3:56 PM An Aussie grandmother who developed horrific bruising on her body days after receiving the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine has been kept in hospital. Maureen DeBoick, 80, from Western Australia, was flown to the Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth two weeks ago after the troubling symptoms developed. Firstly a large spot appeared on Ms DeBoick s tongue which grew overnight. It progressed very quickly to the inside of her gums bleeding and everywhere she touched on her body came out in a huge dark bruise straight away. If she rubbed it, it bled, her daughter Trudy Love said.
TGA Boss urges public to report ‘adverse events’ post-vaccination06/05/2021|12min
The head of the TGA Professor John Skerritt has encouraged the Australian public to report “adverse events” in relation to coronavirus vaccines.
It comes following suspected clotting cases in both Queensland and Tasmania.
Speaking on Thursday, Professor Skerritt noted that for every 1,000 doses of either the Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccine administered, the TGA receives “between six and seven – on average - adverse event reports”.
“These are reports, they’re not necessarily cause and effect from the vaccines … and overwhelmingly these reports are of the sorts of things that are associated with any vaccination generally – fever, joint pain, muscle soreness, tiredness, maybe even nausea,” he said.