It is not yet clear if this is a side effect of the vaccine or just a coincidence.

In the UK, a total of 30 of the 18 million people vaccinated with AstraZeneca on March 24 had a blood clot. BBC.

According to data from the British Medicines Agency (MHRA) published on Friday, 22 vaccinated had cerebral thrombosis and 7 patients died. According to the article, it is not yet clear if this is a side effect of the vaccine or just a coincidence.

June Raine, director of MHRA, said that the benefits of vaccination to prevent coronavirus infection and Covid-19 disease far outweigh the potential risks and that people should accept the vaccine.

Studies are still being done to see if the vaccine can cause blood clots. In March, several countries briefly suspended the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine after it was raised that the vaccine could cause blood clots. Subsequently, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) also tested the vaccine and found the vaccine to be effective and safe. However, the EMA has indicated that a relationship between these cases and vaccination cannot yet be definitively ruled out, therefore it recommends that patients be informed of this risk.

In Germany, this week it was decided to restrict the use of AstraZeneca vaccines to those over 60 years of age. The so-called Standing Committee on Vaccines (STIKO) has issued a new recommendation because it has been concluded that the vaccine can cause blood clots in the brain in people under 60 years of age. A similar measure has been introduced in the Netherlands.

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Vaccination with AstraZeneca is suspended again in children under 60 years of age in the Netherlands



hvg.hu
Technology

After five more cases, there is a link between vaccination and blood clots.

AstraZeneca vaccines are not given to people under 60 years of age in Germany



MTI
World

Throughout Germany, the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 disease caused by a new type of coronavirus is restricted to people over 60 years of age. The decision was announced by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.