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MONTREAL A woman in her 50s has died of a blood clot that occurred after receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, the Quebec government announced Tuesday.
Public health director Dr. Horacio Arruda told a news conference he believes it is the first death in Canada to be potentially linked to the vaccine.
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Both Arruda and Health Minister Christian Dube said the government had always known side-effects could occur in a very small number of people but stressed that the vaccine saves far more lives than it endangers.
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