EU drug agency: No indication AstraZeneca shot caused clots

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'Let's get the jab done.' U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he got his first Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine dose and thanks 'all of the incredible scientists, NHS staff and volunteers who helped make this happen.'

The Associated Pressare the cause of blood clots reported in some shot recipients. Those reports led several European countries to suspend use of the vaccine.

Sweden was the latest to join a swelling group of European Union nations choosing caution over speed, even as international regulators said the data does not suggest the vaccine caused the clots and that vaccinations should continue. Many other countries in Asia have likewise shrugged off concerns, though Indonesia halted use of the shot this week, saying it would wait for a World Health Organization report on the issue.

The agency has so far said that the benefits of receiving the shot outweigh the risk of side effects. Experts have noted that such concerns are inevitable in mass vaccination campaigns — with so many people getting shots, some are bound to get sick even if the vaccine is not to blame. That would mean “we’d have to incessantly interrupt campaigns during the coming months,” Vandenbroucke said.

 

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