Seven people in the UK who have been immunized against COVID with the AstraZeneca vaccine have died as a result of blood clots. This was announced today by the Agency for Regulation of Medicines and Health Products, quoted by AFP.
The drug regulator added that until March 24, 22 cases of venous cerebral thrombosis and 8 cases of thrombosis associated with platelet deficiency were registered, out of a total of 18.1 injected doses, adds BTA.
“The benefits of the AstraZeneca vaccine in preventing COVID-19 infection and complications (from the disease) continue to far outweigh the risks, and people need to continue to be vaccinated with it,” the regulator’s director Jun said in a statement. Rhine.
Meanwhile, the British government has announced that it will allow residents of nursing homes in England two visitors later this month, which will allow some grandparents to meet their grandchildren for the first time, Reuters reported.
“I am particularly pleased with the permission for residents to have more visitors, including their grandchildren, after the isolation and anxiety that so many people have experienced over the past year,” said Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
To stop the spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes, which were badly affected at the start of last year’s pandemic, the government imposed a strict lockdown, which began in January.
Last month, the measures were relaxed, with one resident allowed one visitor inside the home, and from April 12 they will be allowed two.
Parents will be able to bring babies and young children, which will mean that some of the residents of the homes will only now meet the newest members of the family. Visitors will be required to wear personal protective equipment and present a negative coronavirus test.
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