Germany: “A specific form of severe cerebral venous thrombosis associated with platelet deficiency (thrombocytopenia) and bleeding has been identified in seven cases in temporal association with vaccination with coronavirus vaccine AstraZeneca

Paul Ehrlich Institute:  A specific form of severe cerebral venous thrombosis associated with platelet deficiency (thrombocytopenia) and bleeding has been identified in seven cases (as of 15 March 2021) in temporal association with vaccination with COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca.  More...

Lithuania: reports about serious, unexpected, unwanted thromboembolic cases in patients who were given the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine

Lithuania is the latest to suspend use of AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine as “a precaution” until the European Medicines Agency gives a final evaluation of its safety, the country’s health minister Arturas Dulkys has said.  More...

Dog and cat infected with UK coronavirus variant B.1.1.7 in Texas

The United Kingdom variant (B.1.1.7) of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has been detected for the first time in a dog and a cat from the same household in Brazos County, Texas, as part of a study led by researchers at Texas A&M University.  More...