Quebec Reports Blood Clot Death of Woman After Receiving AstraZeneca Vaccine

A vial of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is seen with injection supplies at a clinic in Winnipeg, on March 19, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods

MONTREAL—The Quebec government has announced that a woman in her 50s has died of a blood clot that occurred after receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.

Public health director Dr. Horacio Arruda told a news conference Tuesday that the benefits of the vaccine far outweigh the risks, and the province always knew that rare complications were possible.