Covid: NI adults under 30 to be offered Oxford-AZ alternative
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Adults under 30 who do not have underlying medical conditions will be offered an alternative to the Oxford AstraZeneca-vaccine in Northern Ireland.
It comes after the UK medicines regulator said there was a possible link between the jab and extremely rare blood clots.
The regulator said the benefits still outweigh the risks overall.
The vaccine has been given almost 500,000 times in Northern Ireland.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said it while it has not concluded that the vaccine causes rare blood clots, it says the link is getting firmer.
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