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AstraZeneca blood clot risk still 100000 to one, but fatality rate has fallen, says EU watchdog – Independent.ie
The risk of a rare blood clot after receiving a dose of AstraZeneca vaccine remains one in 100,000, but the fatality rate has fallen since last month, the European…
The risk of a rare blood clot after receiving a dose of AstraZeneca vaccine remains one in 100,000, but the fatality rate has fallen since last month, the European drugs watchdog said yesterday.
Officials said 17 million people received a dose by mid-April, and that figure has now risen to 19 million.
As of yesterday, the watchdog had recorded 316 cases of blood clots with low platelets including fewer than five in Ireland among people who received the jab in EU countries.
While there is no change…
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