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Apr 7, 2021, 6 tweets

Here's what you need to know about AstraZeneca's COVID vaccine 👇

The World Health Organization said a causal link between AstraZeneca's vaccine and rare cases of blood clots with low platelets is 'considered plausible but is not confirmed' reut.rs/3rYlZIz 1/6

Blood-clot side effects from the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine are serious but vanishingly rare, England’s deputy Chief Medical Officer Jonathan Van-Tam said reut.rs/3sYjsPP 2/6

The Swedish Medical Products Agency said the benefits of the AstraZeneca vaccine outweighed the risks after the EU drug regulator said it had found a possible link between the shot and rare blood clots reut.rs/3t0dyh9 3/6

Britain should not give Oxford/AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to people under 30 where possible, Britain’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation said, due to a very rare side effect of blood clots in the brain reut.rs/3rT1qgR 4/6

People in Britain who have received their first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine should continue to be offered their second dose, despite a change in guidance over administering the shot to younger citizens, health officials said reut.rs/2Q1aClW 5/6

The European drug regulator has received reports of 169 cases of a rare brain blood clot in people who received the AstraZeneca vaccine, a senior official said reut.rs/3wAhmrE 6/6

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