European Medicines Agency: More than 300 cases of rare blood clot events worldwide
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AMSTERDAM, April 20 (Reuters) - The European Union’s drug regulator said on Tuesday there had been more than 300 cases worldwide of rare blood clotting incidents combined with low platelet counts after use of COVID-19 vaccines.
There were 287 occurrences with the AstraZeneca vaccine, eight with Johnson & Johnson’s shot, 25 for Pfizer and five for Moderna, said Peter Arlett, Head of Data Analytics at the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
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Reporting by Anthony Deutsch and Toby Sterling
Editing by Gareth JOnes
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