Tag: AstraZeneca Vaccine

Millions of Pfizer Jabs to Arrive as More Australians Cancel Second AstraZeneca Dose

Australia’s vaccine rollout plan will be undergoing a major overhaul within weeks as millions more Pfizer doses are set to arrive in the upcoming months. The review was announced at the national cabinet on Monday following the recommendation from Australia’s vaccine safety body to limit AstraZeneca use to people over 60 only. Lieutenant General John…


AstraZeneca Jab Causes ‘Slightly Increased Risk’ of Bleeding: UK Study

The Oxford/AstraZeneca CCP virus vaccine is linked to “slightly increased risk of some bleeding disorders,” British researchers have found. Through an analysis of people who received a first dose of the AstraZeneca or Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, researchers at the University of Edinburgh found a small increased risk of an autoimmune bleeding disorder known as immune thrombocytopenic…


BBC Presenter Dies After Suffering Blood Clots Following AstraZeneca Jab

An award-winning BBC radio presenter died last week after suffering blood clots following vaccination with the AstraZeneca COVID-19 jab, her family has revealed. Lisa Shaw, who worked for BBC Newcastle, developed “severe” headaches a week after having the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus vaccine, and fell seriously ill a few days later, her family said…


Norway Should Exclude J&J, AstraZeneca From Vaccine Scheme: Panel

OSLO—Norway should exclude the COVID-19 vaccines made by AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson from its inoculation program due to a risk of rare but harmful side-effects, a government-appointed commission said on Monday. However, those who volunteer to take either vaccine should be allowed to do so, it said, stressing the importance of dispelling any vaccine…


UK to Offer Alternative to AstraZeneca Vaccine as Blood Clots Deaths Rise to 49

The UK health authorities said on Friday that people under 40 will be offered an alternative to the Oxford/AstraZeneca CCP virus vaccine. According to the UK’s medicines regulator, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), 49 people have died after developing blood clots following vaccination with the AstraZeneca shot. As of April 28, there have…


Canadian Woman Dies of Rare Blood Clot After Receiving COVID-19 Vaccine: Family

Family and friends said an Edmonton, Canada, woman died after receiving the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in April. Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced the death of a woman in her 50s on Tuesday after she had received the vaccine but didn’t confirm her name. “I am sad to report tonight that we have…


Canadian Woman Dies of Rare Blood Clot After Receiving COVID-19: Family

Family and friends said an Edmonton, Canada, woman died after receiving the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in April. Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced the death of a woman in her 50s on Tuesday after she had received the vaccine but didn’t confirm her name. “I am sad to report tonight that we have…


Five Australians Suffer Blood-Clots in One Week After AstraZeneca Jab

Five Australians have developed blood clotting syndrome after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine in the past week, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has confirmed. They are a 66-year-old man in Queensland, a 74-year-old man and 51-year-old woman in Victoria, a 70-year-old man in Tasmania and a 64-year-old man from Western Australia. Four of them have already…


New Brunswick Reports Blood Clot Death in Connection With Oxford AstraZeneca Vaccine

FREDERICTON—New Brunswick health officials are reporting the province’s first death of someone who developed a blood clot after receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. The individual in their 60s received the vaccine in mid-April and developed symptoms a week later, chief medical officer of health Dr. Jennifer Russell told reporters Wednesday. She said the person, whose gender…


Alberta Confirms Blood Clot Disorder Death Linked to AstraZeneca Vaccine

EDMONTON—An Alberta woman in her 50s has died from a rare blood clot disorder after receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. It is the second reported death from vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia or VITT linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine in Canada. A 54-year-old Quebec woman died last month. Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Deena…