7 people have died in the UK from rare blood clots after receiving AstraZeneca’s covid-19 vaccine, the BBC reported.
The UK Medicines and Health Care Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said yesterday that they identified 30 cases of rare blood clots among the 18.1 million people vaccinated with that preparation until the end of March.
This regulatory body pointed out, however, that the risks associated with these clots are “very small” and that the population should accept the vaccine when it is offered by the Health.
Of the 30 incidents, 22 correspond to venous cerebral thrombi (CVST) and eight to other problems related to blood clotting with low platelets.
The BBC chain affirms this Saturday that it was able to know from the regulators that seven of these vaccinated people have died and that investigations are continuing to determine if it is the AstraZeneca preparation that is responsible for causing these thrombi.
This information comes to light after Germany decided to discontinue the use of AstraZeneca for people under the age of 60 due to fears of a possible link to blood clots.
In addition to this preparation, the UK is vaccinating with Pfizer’s and more than 30 million people have already received at least the first of two doses of one of these vaccines.
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