A senior official from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has claimed there is a link between the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid vaccine and blood clots. Speaking to Italian newspaper Il Messaggero, Marco Cavaleri, head of the vaccine strategy at the EMA, said it was ‘clear there is a link with the vaccine’, although the cause is still…
AstraZeneca has been in the headlines recently over concerns that some people were developing blood clots after receiving the vaccine. Here are some answers to questions you may have.A medical worker prepares a syringe from a vial of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine at the vaccination centre in Ebersberg near Munich on Monday. Some countries recently…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine is safe and Canadians should have no concerns about receiving it, after nearly a dozen European countries suspended its use over concerns about blood clots.A medical worker administers a AstraZeneca vaccine in Vantaa, Finland. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today the shot is safe for use in Canada. (Markku…
Dr. Supriya Sharma, chief medical adviser at Health Canada, says the department is poised to make a decision on whether to authorize a promising COVID-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca in the coming days.An employee in personal protective equipment (PPE) removes vials of AstraZeneca’s COVISHIELD coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from a visual inspection machine inside a lab…