Government s vaccine advisory group recommended healthy people aged 19 to 29 offered different vaccine
Review by drugs watchdog MHRA found that 79 out of 20m Britons given AZ vaccine suffered blood clots
MHRA insisted there was still no concrete proof vaccine is causing the clots, but admitted link getting firmer
Matt Hancock said it showed the safety system is working because regulators can spot extremely rare event
He said AstraZeneca vaccine is safe and there is more than enough Moderna and Pfizer jabs for under-30s
Health Secretary also insisted Government remains on course to offer all UK adults a jab by the end of July
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Halting the vaccine rollout is baffling, said Dr. Michael Head, a senior research fellow in global health at the University of Southampton.
Speaking to the Science Media Centre on Monday, Head said that data suggested that the number of blood clots in the vaccinated population was the same as, or even lower than, in the general population. Halting a vaccine roll out during a pandemic has consequences. This results in delays in protecting people, and the potential for increased vaccine hesitancy, he said.
Also speaking to the SMC, Dr. Stephen Griffin of the School of Medicine at the University of Leeds called the suspensions probably not proportionate.
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