UK Reports 7 Blood Clot Deaths After AstraZeneca Vaccine

UK Reports 7 Blood Clot Deaths After AstraZeneca Vaccine
Vials labelled "AstraZeneca COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccine" and a syringe are seen in front of a displayed AstraZeneca logo in this illustration, on March 10, 2021. Dado Ruvic/Reuters, Illustration/File Photo
Alexander Zhang
Updated:

Seven people who had received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine have died after registering rare blood clot events, the UK’s medicines regulator has confirmed.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said on Apr. 1 that they had identified 30 cases of blood clot events after the use of AstraZeneca.