BEIJING
The poster was not the slickest marketing campaign, but it made its point: “Come get your eggs!!!”
Every person above age 60 who got a COVID-19 vaccine at this community center in Beijing would be entitled to two boxes of free eggs. The deal was part of a nationwide push to raise vaccination rates in a country where successful containment of the pandemic has spurred complacency despite ample supplies of vaccine.
Chinese authorities have set a target of vaccinating 40% of its population of 1.4 billion by June. As of April 14, nearly 180 million doses had been administered, according to health authorities, though the number of fully vaccinated people that represents is unknown.
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(CNN) - Researchers at Oxford University have found the risk of a rare type of blood clot is low overall, but higher for people who have been infected with COVID-19 than among people who’ve had the three vaccines authorized in the UK – those made by AstraZeneca, Moderna and Pfizer.
The study, made available in pre-print on Thursday on the Oxford website ahead of publication in a scientific journal, says the risk of cerebral venous thrombosis or CVT – also known as cerebral venous sinus thrombosis or CVST – following COVID-19 infection is around “100 times greater than normal and several times higher than it is post vaccination or following influenza,” across all age groups.
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