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April 8, 2021

Countries Cut Back on AstraZeneca Vaccinations After Reports of Rare Blood Clots
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The British government on Wednesday recommended that people under the
age of 30 should not receive shots of Astra Zeneca's COVID-19 vaccine,
after a European drug regulator described a "possible link" between the
vaccine and rare cases of blood clots. Other countries have scaled back
use of the vaccine in people under 60. About one in 100,000 recipients
of Astra Zeneca's vaccine have reported clotting - 18 cases of which
have been fatal. European regulators noted that blood clots are often a
symptom of COVID-19, and said the benefits of Astra Zeneca's vaccine
continue to far outweigh the risks.

This comes as a new study found more than one out of three survivors of
severe COVID-19 developed psychiatric or neurological conditions within
six months of their infection.


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