FREDERICTON - New Brunswick health officials on Wednesday reported the province's first death of someone who developed a blood clot after receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
HALIFAX New Brunswick health officials are reporting a person in the province has died due to blood clotting from the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, but still recommending its use. This is the second case of blood clotting from the AstraZeneca vaccine in the province, but the first death from the resulting Thrombosis-thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS). New Brunswick Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Jennifer Russell started Wednesday s media conference by extending her condolences to the family of the deceased, who she said was in their 60s. Your loss is deeply felt by all of your fellow New Brunswickers, said Russell. Russell said the person was given a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in mid-April, and developed symptoms of TTS seven days after immunization.
In this file photo a medical worker prepares a dose of the Covishield, AstraZeneca-Oxford s Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine, at a vaccination center in Srinagar on April 9, 2021 as India surged past 13 million coronavirus cases. Photo by TAUSEEF MUSTAFA /AFP via Getty Images
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FREDERICTON New Brunswick health officials on Wednesday reported the province’s first death of someone who developed a blood clot after receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
The individual in their 60s received the vaccine in mid-April and developed symptoms a week later, chief medical officer of health Dr. Jennifer Russell told reporters Wednesday. She said the person, whose gender was not disclosed, was admitted to hospital and died two days later.
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