Five Australians Suffer Blood-Clots in One Week After AstraZeneca Jab

Pharmacist arranges all the empty vials of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines in Toronto, Canada, on April 19, 2021. The Canadian Press/Nathan Denette

Five Australians have developed blood clotting syndrome after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine in the past week, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has confirmed.

They are a 66-year-old man in Queensland, a 74-year-old man and 51-year-old woman in Victoria, a 70-year-old man in Tasmania and a 64-year-old man from Western Australia.