Oxford/AstraZeneca blood clot risk similar to long-haul flight, says UK minister
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Last Updated: Apr 08, 2021, 08:26 PM IST
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Speaking a day after the UK s medicines regulator updated its guidance on the vaccine as it further investigates a causal link between the jabs and a very small number of blood clot cases, Health Secretary Matt Hancock stressed that the vaccine - also being produced by the Serum Institute of India - is safe, effective and has already saved thousands of lives.
AFP The safety system that we have around this vaccine is so sensitive that it can pick up events that are four in a million. I m told this is about the equivalent risk of taking a long-haul flight, Hancock said.
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