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TGA investigating three new blood clot cases in people given AstraZeneca vaccine
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has confirmed three new instances of blood clots in Australia linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine, including the first case in someone over the age of 50.
Key points:
- Australia now has six cases of blood clots linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine
- One of the new cases is the first person aged over 50 to be diagnosed with clots
- The AstraZeneca shot is being given to people aged over 50 because, until now, all the Australian clotting cases were under 50
Last week the TGA confirmed the fatal blood clotting suffered by a 48-year-old Australian woman was likely linked to the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
She was the third Australian to have developed clots after the vaccine. There have now been six cases of…
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