Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie addressing the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ virtual COVID Conversations on April 8.
Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie says, to date, there have been no local reports of blood clots with low platelets possibly associated with the administration of the AstraZeneca coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine.
“As of April 7, over 47,000 persons have been vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine, of which there have been no reports of this very rare event,” she said while addressing the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ weekly virtual COVID Conversations press briefing on April 8.
The CMO said that the World Health Organization (WHO) Advisory Committee and the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) of the European Medical Agency (EMA) have been assessing, over time, the available safety data on the AstraZeneca vaccine and have concluded that the vaccine is not necessarily associated with an
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