The cases are in a 74-year-old man and a 51-year-old woman from Victoria, a 66-year-old man from Queensland, a 64-year-old woman from Western Australia and a 70-year-old man from Tasmania.
Queensland Chief Health Officer Jeanette Young said the 66-year-old is in intensive care as a direct result of receiving the COVID jab on March 30.
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Dr Young mentioned the man s matter during Queensland s COVID press conference today. (Nine) (The) TGA has confirmed with me that they believe that his illness is a direct result of the AstraZeneca vaccine, Dr Young said. He received the first dose of the vaccine on 30 March ⦠and presented to the Townsville hospital, where he was admitted and tested and it s now been confirmed that he⦠has most likely developed that syndrome.
Australia s medicine regulator says it is unlikely Covid jab is linked to two deaths
Darren Missen, 55, from Tamworth, died in hospital on April 21 from blood clots
A 71-year-old Sydney man has also died after getting the AstraZeneca vaccine
Therapeutic Goods Administration says investigations into deaths are underway
However, TGA head John Skerritt says evidence does not suggest an association
TGA Boss confirms no ‘likely association’ between two clotting deaths and COVID vaccine29/04/2021|7min
The head of the Therapeutic Goods Administration Professor John Skerritt says current evidence does not suggest a “likely association” between the COVID-19 vaccine and two clotting events over the past days.
Professor Skerritt said he cautioned the public and media against “reaching any conclusion” on the two fatalities.
The TGA and the Health Department conducted an investigation into the two clotting deaths in NSW from a man in his 50s and a man in his 70s, and Professor Skerritt said the evidence suggested no likely association between the vaccine and the deaths.
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Australia has recorded its second case of blood clotting linked to the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, but a top health boss has told Australians they are more likely to win the lottery than run into vaccine problems.
A Western Australian woman in her 40s suffered the rare reaction after receiving the shot recently.
She is in hospital receiving treatment and is in a stable condition.
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The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) confirmed the medical event was linked to the AstraZeneca dose.
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