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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World leaders rushed to congratulate Republican Donald Trump after he claimed victory over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris in the US presidential election, which would cap a stunning political comeback four years after he left the White House reut.rs/3NY78vo
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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: 'Congratulations on history's greatest comeback! Your historic return to the White House offers a new beginning for America and a powerful recommitment to the great alliance between Israel and America' reut.rs/4fhyxEs
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Kamala Harris is preparing for the fight of her life, if her inner circle is anything to go by 1/9 reut.rs/3LQ8kjh
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