Oxford/AstraZeneca jab could have causal link to rare blood clots, say UK experts Sarah Boseley © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Ulises Ruiz/AFP/Getty Images
Drug safety experts in the UK believe there could be a causal link between the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid jab and very rare blood clots but say vaccination programmes must continue, with risk mitigation for women under 55.
Prof Saad Shakir, the director of the drug safety research unit (DSRU) at Southampton University, said the evidence accumulated in Europe and the UK “is consistent with causality”.
While the dangers of coronavirus are so great that vaccination must not stop, he said, measures should be put in place to reduce any extra risk to women under the age of 55, who seem to be most affected.
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