London: The UK drug regulator has confirmed that seven of those who injected the Oxford / AstraZeneca anti-covid vaccine (Covid Vaccine) died of blood clots. This has occurred, although at the same time he clarified that the benefits of the vaccine are more than a threat. The Drugs and Health Care Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said on its latest ‘Yellow Card’ surveillance of the Corona Virus vaccination program this week that 18.8 million people in the UK have been given the Covid-19 vaccine from Oxford, including By 24 March, blood clots developed in 30 people and seven people died.
MHRA officials have advised that this vaccine should be continued as the benefits outweigh the dangers of vaccine. He said, “Based on our ongoing review, the benefits of the vaccine against Covid-19 outweigh any danger and you should get it done when you are called for a vaccine.”
The regulator said that investigations are going on to find out whether there is a connection to blood clotting or whether these cases are just a coincidence. She said the number and nature of suspected adverse reactions reported so far are not uncommon compared to other commonly used vaccines. Clinical experience with both vaccines so far is according to clinical trials.
MHRA said it had not received reports of Thun’s clotting in relation to the Pfizer-BioNotech vaccine. In Europe, some people who were vaccinated with the Oxford / AstraZeneca had reported cases of blood clots, after which concerns were expressed.
Some countries, such as Germany, had asked people of certain age groups not to get this vaccine administered. At the same time, both the European Drug Monitoring Organization and the World Health Organization have said that the vaccine is safe and effective. To date, 31,301,267 have taken their first dose of vaccine in the UK, while 4,948,635 people have taken both vaccine doses.
