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Uptake of Covid jab remains high in UK despite blood clot fears
Scientists insist Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is safe after seven deaths in Britain
Uptake in people getting the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is not slowing in the UK, despite some European countries pausing their rollouts over concerns about links to rare blood clots.
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said it had identified 30 cases of rare blood clot events linked with low platelets out of 18.1m doses of the jab administered up to and including March 24, but stressed the benefits “continue to outweigh any risks”. Of these 30 reports, the MHRA said, seven people had died.
Read the original article at The Guardian