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Halting AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine rollout in EU an ‘overreaction’, according to experts
European authorities pausing the rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine after a small number of people developed blood clots is an “overreaction”, according to one leading Australian scientist.
Key points:
- The European Medicines Agency said there have been 30 cases of clot-related events among 5 million vaccinated people
- A cluster of blood clots does not mean the vaccine caused them, according to experts and all other potential causes must be investigated, included COVID-19 infection itself
- More than 11 million people have been vaccinated with the AstraZeneca drug in the UK without evidence of an increase in blood clots
“You can’t ignore these events, but I think it’s an overreaction,” Peter Collignon, an infectious diseases expert from ANU,…
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