{"id":117472,"date":"2021-03-18T16:33:19","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T16:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=117472"},"modified":"2021-03-18T16:33:19","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T16:33:19","slug":"uk-reports-five-cases-of-rare-blood-clots-in-11-million-astrazeneca-shots-continues-with-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/markets\/uk-reports-five-cases-of-rare-blood-clots-in-11-million-astrazeneca-shots-continues-with-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"UK reports five cases of rare blood clots in 11 million AstraZeneca shots, continues with vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON (Reuters) &#8211; Britain\u2019s medicines regulator said there had been five cases of a rare type of blood clot in the brain among 11 million given AstraZeneca\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine but said that it found the benefits of the shot far outweighed any possible risks.<\/p><figcaption>A dose of AstraZeneca vaccine is prepared at COVID-19 vaccination centre in the Odeon Luxe Cinema in Maidstone, Britain February 10, 2021. REUTERS\/Andrew Couldridge<\/figcaption><p>Concerns about reports of blood clots, along with low platelet levels, have led to some European countries including Germany to pause the rollout of the shot while the cases are investigated by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), which is set to announce its findings later in the day.<\/p>\n<p>Britain\u2019s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said that use of the vaccine should continue while five reports were investigated, and one official said that the rollout would likely continue even if a link was proved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no evidence that blood clots in veins is occurring more than would be expected in the absence of vaccination, for either vaccine,\u201d said June Raine, MHRA Chief Executive, referring to AstraZeneca and Pfizer shots.<\/p>\n<p>Raine said there had been a very small number of reports of an extremely rare form of blood clot in the cerebral veins (sinus vein thrombosis, or CSVT) occurring together with lowered platelets soon after vaccination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the extremely rare rate of occurrence of these CSVT events among the 11 million people vaccinated (with AstraZeneca), and as a link to the vaccine is unproven, the benefits of the vaccine in preventing COVID-19, with its associated risk of hospitalisation and death, continue to outweigh the risks of potential side effects,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>One of the reported cases was fatal, MHRA Vaccine Safety Lead Philip Bryan said, adding that the cases were all among men aged between 19 and 59.<\/p>\n<h2>NO PAUSE NECESSARY<\/h2>\n<p>The MHRA said anyone with a headache that lasts for more than four days after vaccination, or bruising beyond the site of vaccination after a few days, should seek medical attention.<\/p>\n<p>The regulator said there was an ongoing review into \u201cfive UK reports of a very rare and specific type of blood clot in the cerebral veins (sinus vein thrombosis) occurring together with lowered platelets (thrombocytopenia)\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Munir Pirmohamed, Chair of the Commission on Human Medicines, in a statement suggested that even if a link between the clots and the vaccine was established, it likely wouldn\u2019t halt Britain\u2019s rollout.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we feel that there\u2019s causal link then we may need to update the product information, but overall, I don\u2019t think that would necessitate pause to any kind of vaccination programme,\u201d he told reporters in a briefing.<\/p>\n<p>The EMA is investigating reports of 30 cases of unusual blood disorders out of 5 million people who got the AstraZeneca vaccine in the EU, and is focusing on blood clots in the head.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Evans, at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said that COVID-19 itself was associated with similar symptoms, making causality hard to establish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA major problem is discerning whether there is a possibility that this was caused by COVID-19,\u201d Evans told Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExactly these sort of conditions have been seen in patients with COVID-19 prior to the vaccines being available.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-health-coronavirus-britain-mhra\/uk-reports-five-cases-of-rare-blood-clots-in-11-million-astrazeneca-shots-continues-with-vaccine-idUSKBN2BA1UM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON (Reuters) &#8211; Britain\u2019s medicines regulator said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":117471,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23054],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UK reports five cases of rare blood clots in 11 million AstraZeneca shots, continues with vaccine - Pre Coin News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/markets\/uk-reports-five-cases-of-rare-blood-clots-in-11-million-astrazeneca-shots-continues-with-vaccine\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UK reports five cases of rare blood clots in 11 million AstraZeneca shots, continues with vaccine - Pre Coin News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LONDON (Reuters) &#8211; Britain\u2019s medicines regulator said\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/markets\/uk-reports-five-cases-of-rare-blood-clots-in-11-million-astrazeneca-shots-continues-with-vaccine\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pre Coin News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-18T16:33:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cnewsfotor149.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/markets\/uk-reports-five-cases-of-rare-blood-clots-in-11-million-astrazeneca-shots-continues-with-vaccine\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/markets\/uk-reports-five-cases-of-rare-blood-clots-in-11-million-astrazeneca-shots-continues-with-vaccine\/\",\"name\":\"UK reports five cases of rare blood clots in 11 million AstraZeneca shots, continues with vaccine - Pre Coin News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-18T16:33:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-18T16:33:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ad0e9920e03d3b41c7ad02a18375d76a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/markets\/uk-reports-five-cases-of-rare-blood-clots-in-11-million-astrazeneca-shots-continues-with-vaccine\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/markets\/uk-reports-five-cases-of-rare-blood-clots-in-11-million-astrazeneca-shots-continues-with-vaccine\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/markets\/uk-reports-five-cases-of-rare-blood-clots-in-11-million-astrazeneca-shots-continues-with-vaccine\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Markets\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/category\/markets\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"UK reports five cases of rare blood clots in 11 million AstraZeneca shots, continues with vaccine\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/\",\"name\":\"Pre Coin News\",\"description\":\"precoinnews.com\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ad0e9920e03d3b41c7ad02a18375d76a\",\"name\":\"mediabest\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f5f13cb3b94fc348d515c0951f6ca073?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f5f13cb3b94fc348d515c0951f6ca073?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"mediabest\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"UK reports five cases of rare blood clots in 11 million AstraZeneca shots, continues with vaccine - Pre Coin News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/markets\/uk-reports-five-cases-of-rare-blood-clots-in-11-million-astrazeneca-shots-continues-with-vaccine\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"UK reports five cases of rare blood clots in 11 million AstraZeneca shots, continues with vaccine - Pre Coin News","og_description":"LONDON (Reuters) &#8211; Britain\u2019s medicines regulator said","og_url":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/markets\/uk-reports-five-cases-of-rare-blood-clots-in-11-million-astrazeneca-shots-continues-with-vaccine\/","og_site_name":"Pre Coin News","article_published_time":"2021-03-18T16:33:19+00:00","author":"mediabest","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cnewsfotor149.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"mediabest","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/markets\/uk-reports-five-cases-of-rare-blood-clots-in-11-million-astrazeneca-shots-continues-with-vaccine\/","url":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/markets\/uk-reports-five-cases-of-rare-blood-clots-in-11-million-astrazeneca-shots-continues-with-vaccine\/","name":"UK reports five cases of rare blood clots in 11 million AstraZeneca shots, continues with vaccine - Pre Coin News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-03-18T16:33:19+00:00","dateModified":"2021-03-18T16:33:19+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ad0e9920e03d3b41c7ad02a18375d76a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/markets\/uk-reports-five-cases-of-rare-blood-clots-in-11-million-astrazeneca-shots-continues-with-vaccine\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/markets\/uk-reports-five-cases-of-rare-blood-clots-in-11-million-astrazeneca-shots-continues-with-vaccine\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/markets\/uk-reports-five-cases-of-rare-blood-clots-in-11-million-astrazeneca-shots-continues-with-vaccine\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Markets","item":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/category\/markets\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"UK reports five cases of rare blood clots in 11 million AstraZeneca shots, continues with vaccine"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/","name":"Pre Coin News","description":"precoinnews.com","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ad0e9920e03d3b41c7ad02a18375d76a","name":"mediabest","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f5f13cb3b94fc348d515c0951f6ca073?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f5f13cb3b94fc348d515c0951f6ca073?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"mediabest"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117472"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}