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More clotting cases probably linked to AstraZeneca, as NSW looks for Covid ‘missing link’
Therapeutic Goods Administration confirms five people aged over 50 likely developed rare blood clots as a result of coronavirus vaccine
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Australia’s drugs regulator has confirmed five more cases of a rare clotting condition are likely linked to the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, taking the country’s tally to 11 cases.
The head of the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), Prof John Skerritt, said the cases included a 74-year-old man and a 51-year-old woman in Victoria, a 66-year-old man in Queensland, a 64-year-old woman in Western Australia and a 70-year-old man in Tasmania.
Read the original article at The Guardian