Seven people who had received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine have died after registering rare blood clot events, the UK’s medicines regulator has confirmed. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said on Apr. 1 that they had identified 30 cases of blood clot events after the use of AstraZeneca. “Out of the 30 reports up to and including March 24, sadly seven have died,” MHRA said in a statement emailed to The Epoch Times. But the regulator stressed that the benefits of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus vaccine outweighs its risks. “The benefits of COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca in preventing COVID-19 infection and its complications continue to outweigh any risks and the public should continue to get their vaccine when invited to do so,” said Dr. June Raine, chief executive of MHRA. In its most recent weekly summary of COVID-19 vaccine adverse reactions, MHRA said it had received 22 …