+ The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has denied claims of the AstraZeneca vaccines causing blood clots in the human body. Its latest update follows reports that the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine causes the said condition, forcing France, Germany and other six countries to halt its use. In a press statement signed by Chief Executive Officer, Delese Darko, the Authority indicated that it constituted a Committee of Experts – the Joint Covid-19 Safety Review Committee (JCVSRC) on February 26, to assess all reported adverse events regarding the use of the vaccines. According to the FDA, the Committee’s report “concluded that there is currently no causal link between the event [blood clots] and the vaccine, a position that was subsequently upheld by the European Medicines Agency and the World Health Organisation.”