COVID-19: Blood clot victim s sister very angry but says everyone should have Oxford-AstraZeneca jab
Solicitor Neil Astles, 59, died on Sunday after getting the
Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on 17 March, his sister Alison Astles, who is a pharmacist, said.
Dr Astles said she was told by clinicians at Royal Liverpool University Hospital they were 99.9% sure the clot was due to the vaccine.
She told Sky News she was in complete shock after her brother s death.
Live COVID news updates as advice on Oxford jab changes I think you start quite naturally to feel very angry afterwards, in terms on the whole unfairness of life basically.
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Neil Astles, 59, a solicitor from Warrington, Cheshire, died on Sunday. He was vaccinated on 17 March.
Pharmacist Alison Astles told the BBC that doctors were 99.9% sure the clot was due to the jab.
But she said he was extraordinarily unlucky and the risk was very low .
Dr Astles said she felt she had a responsibility to speak out because, overall, we will save more lives by people having the vaccine than not .
The family is still awaiting a report from the coroner on Mr Astles cause of death.
media captionAlison Astles says her brother was extraordinarily unlucky to suffer a blood clot
Warrington Borough Council solicitor Neil Astles has died after developing a blood clot having received the Oxford Astra Zeneca vaccine. Picture by the Daily Telegraph. A CHESHIRE council worker has died from a blood clot on the brain after being given the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine. Neil Astles died aged 59 in the Royal Liverpool University Hospital on Easter Sunday, having suffered 10 days of ‘worsening headaches’ and a loss of vision in the 10 days following his first Covid-19 jab on March 17. The married Warrington Borough Council solicitor is the first named person in the UK who is suspected to have passed away as a result of side effects.
Family of AstraZeneca jab blood clot victim urge people to continue being vaccinated
Solicitor Neil Astles, 59, suffered from 10 days of worsening headaches and loss of vision after receiving his first dose
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