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Victorian hospitals search for rare blood clots linked to AstraZeneca – The Age
Victorian emergency departments are scouring patient records for any suspected rare blood clots that could be linked to the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
Dozens of rare blood clots have been reported amid the tens of millions of AstraZeneca shots that have been administered globally. Data from the European Medicines Agency suggested the risk of blood clots following the vaccine was potentially as high as one in 100,000. Most of the documented cases globally were in people under the age of 55.
A top official at the EMA said on Tuesday there was a casual link between AstraZenecas vaccine and the rare blood clotting syndrome, though the nature of the…
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