Ellie Peacock was hospitalised after it was discovered she had three blood clots
The clots were found on her right lung after oxygen levels dropped 90 per cent
She has been to hospital multiple times recently with pain and breathing issues
Ms Peacock received her first dose of the AstraZenca Covid vaccine on March 31
She has urged other Australians to monitor for side effects after getting the jab
A young nursing student has been hospitalised with three blood clots on her right lung just three weeks after receiving the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.
Ellie Peacock, who works on a casual team that is exposed to potential Covid-positive patients, was given her first dose of the vaccine on March 31, a week before the government advised under 50s against receiving the AstraZeneca jab.
The Therapeutic Goods Administration is investigating and is yet to make a determination on Ms Peacock s case but she believes the blood clots were linked to the vaccine.
The 18-year-old went to the emergency department at the Royal Brisbane Women s Hospital with severe throbbing and tightness in her calf on April 18 and what she claims were signs of clotting .
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Australia s drug regulators are holding urgent meetings after European authorities confirmed a link between the AstraZeneca vaccine and blood clots.
The United Kingdom will offer people aged under 30 an alternative vaccine due to the blood clot risk.
The European Medicines Agency has not made a specific recommendation, but found women and people under 60 were at a higher risk of developing the rare side effect.
The advice could pose a significant threat to Australia s vaccine strategy, given most Australians are set to receive the AstraZeneca jab.
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Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly said Australian regulators were considering the findings.
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Restrictions on the AstraZeneca vaccine could be imposed after a link was confirmed between the jab and rare blood clots.
European authorities have identified the link, prompting the United Kingdom to offer people aged under 30 an alternative vaccine due to the risk.
Other countries are considering attaching warning labels.
Australia s drug regulators are holding urgent meetings to consider the findings before providing the government with recommendations.
Health Minister Greg Hunt emphasised the regulators would offer independent, frank and fearless advice. If they provide age restrictions or other variations, we ll do it. We ll adopt it, he told reporters in Melbourne on Thursday.
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has denied criticising the European Union over Australia s shortfall of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines, but insisted the government was expecting an additional 3.1 million doses it never received.
On Tuesday, Mr Morrison appeared to suggest the contracted doses had been blocked from being imported to Australia.
The European Union overnight pushed back against claims it had blocked shipments of 3.1 million doses of AstraZeneca s COVID-19 vaccine from going to Australia.
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Mr Morrison told reporters on Wednesday he was simply stating that Australia had been relying on the contracted vaccines to support its rollout. I want to stress that at no time yesterday did I make any comment about the actions of the European Union, he told reporters in Canberra.