Scientists leading research into vaccine-linked blood clotting say they have seen no new cases in around four weeks
Scientists leading research into rare blood clots linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine say they have seen no new cases of the potentially deadly syndrome in a month.
A team of researchers led by Dr Sue Pavord, of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, were assembled when it became clear the blood clotting was not a previously known condition and have been tracking its emergence. The odds fall to one in 100,000 in over-50s, data indicates. The risk of blood clots is still believed to be considerably higher in people who catch Covid with more than one-fifth of hospitalised patients showing signs.The average age of the known cases was 48 and they included recipients of both the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson jabs, which use a different technology to the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.
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