Should we be worried about blood clots and AstraZeneca’s vaccine?
Probably not, as there are only 30 reported cases from more than 17-million doses of the vaccine being given in the UK and EU
18 March 2021 - 11:17
Frankfurt/Paris — Europe’s drug watchdog is reviewing a small number of reports of bleeding, blood clots and low platelet counts in people who have received AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has said it has so far found no causal link between the vaccine and the incidents. The World Health Organization (WHO) has also said there is no proven link and people should not panic...
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