UK Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine study in children paused

Vaccinations of children in a study of the Covid-19 shot developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford have been paused while the UK’s drug regulator investigates rare cases of blood clots in adults.

The action comes after a growing number of reports of rare brain blood clots in younger adults have led some countries, including several in the EU, to suspend use of the vaccine in certain age groups. Germany halted use of the AstraZeneca vaccine for people younger than 60 last week, while Canada has limited its use to those more than 55 years old.

The UK’s regulator said on Saturday that it had identified 30 cases of a rare combination of blood clots and low platelets in people in Britain who had received the AstraZeneca shot through to March 24, of whom seven died.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

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