EU regulator says possible blood clotting risk with AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
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April 7 (UPI) European Union medical regulators said Wednesday that there is a possible link between the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine and isolated cases of blood clotting in some adults who d received the shot.
The EU s European Medicines Agency concluded after studies that blood clotting could be listed as a possible side effect from AstraZeneca s Vaxzevria COVID-19 vaccine. The EMA s safety committee said, however, that it might occur only in very rare cases.
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Health by Emma Reynolds  A heath chief from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has said that there is a link between AstraZeneca s COVID-19 vaccine and blood clots. In my opinion, we can say it now, it is clear there is a link with the vaccine, said the EMA s head of vaccines Marco Cavaleri in an interview with Italy s Il Messaggero newspaper. Mr Cavaleri indicated that the EMA would confirm this view, adding, in the next few hours, we will say that there is a connection, but we still have to understand how this happens . He said that we still do not know what causes this reaction , as reports accumulate of people across the world experiencing blood clots after receiving the jab developed by British-Swedish drug company AstraZeneca and Oxford University.
 A heath chief from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has said that there is a link between AstraZeneca s COVID-19 vaccine and blood clots. In my opinion, we can say it now, it is clear there is a link with the vaccine, said the EMA s head of vaccines Marco Cavaleri in an interview with Italy s Il Messaggero newspaper. Mr Cavaleri indicated that the EMA would confirm this view, adding, in the next few hours, we will say that there is a connection, but we still have to understand how this happens . He said that we still do not know what causes this reaction , as reports accumulate of people across the world experiencing blood clots after receiving the jab developed by British-Swedish drug company AstraZeneca and Oxford University.