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UK reports five cases of rare blood clots in 11 million AstraZeneca shots

Caccine is 'safe and effective' and benefits outweigh any risks, says EMA

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Raine said there had been a very small number of reports of an extremely rare form of blood clot in the cerebral veins occurring together with lowered platelets soon after vaccination.

Alistair Smout | Reuters London
Britain’s medicines regulator said there had been five cases of a rare type of blood clot in the brain among 11 million given AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine but said that it found the benefits of the shot far outweigh any possible risks.
 
The European Medicines Agency chief Emer Cooke says the committee has ruled “this is a safe and effective vaccine” and the benefits outweigh any possible risks. The jab is not associated with an increase in the overall risk of thromboembolic events or blood clots, she adds. Concerns about reports of blood clots, along with low platelet levels, have

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