Tag: thrombosis
UK AstraZeneca coronavirus jab trial on children paused as regulator investigates rare blood clots in adults
A vaccine trial into the safety and efficacy of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in children has been paused while the UK medicines regulator investigates a possible link to rare blood clots in adults who had the jab. More...
EMA Vaccine Strategy Chief Marco Cavaleri: “increasingly difficult to say that there is no cause and effect relationship between vaccination with AstraZeneca and very rare cases of unusual blood clots”
Marco Cavaleri is responsible for the vaccine strategy of EMA, the European drug agency. More...
Ireland: HPRA has received 16 reports of blood clots occurring following vaccination with the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine
Ireland’s Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) has said it has received 16 reports of blood clots occurring following vaccination with the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. More...
France: Scientists recommend changing coronavirus vaccination technique after AstraZeneca thrombosis investigation
Thus, one of the hypotheses linking the vaccine to the occurrence of severe thrombosis could be an accidental intravenous injection which, in the presence of factors not fully identified, would generate a discordant immune reaction with activation of the platelets, potentially associated with a NET effect or with a decrease in the level of ACE2 on the surface of endothelial cells, leading to an increased risk of thrombosis. More...
France: 12 cases of thromboembolic disorders following Astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine, 4 deaths
“As part of our enhanced surveillance of thromboembolic disorders, 3 new cases of thrombosis of the large veins of atypical locations associated with thrombocytopenia and/or coagulation disorders were analyzed during the weekly monitoring committee of the ANSM with the network French CRPVs (12 cases in total since the start of vaccination, including 4 deaths). More...
Netherlands decides to completely halt use of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine VaxZevria
The Dutch municipal healthcare centers GGDs have now stopped administering AstraZeneca vaccines completely to prevent waste. More...
Australia reports first case of blood clots following AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccination
Australia’s medical authorities are monitoring the first reported case of a rare clotting disorder following a COVID-19 jab. More...
Family of French woman who died of thrombosis after AstraZeneca vaccine take legal action for manslaughter
The family of a 38-year-old woman who died of a thrombosis after having the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine is taking legal action for “manslaughter”. More...
UK MHRA finds blood clots in 30 recipients of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine
Britain has identified 30 cases of rare blood clot events following the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine — 25 more than initially reported. More...
Germany: 9 dead, 31 cases of sinus vein thrombosis after vaccination with AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine
By March 29, 2021, 31 cases of sinus vein thrombosis after vaccination with the COVID-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria) were reported to the Paul Ehrlich Institute as part of the spontaneous recording. More...