BERLIN, KOMPAS.TV – The German state of Berlin has again suspended the use of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine for citizens under 60 years of age due to reports of cases of blood clots.
Dilek Kalayci, a Berlin health official said on Tuesday (30/3/2021) that the decision was taken as a precautionary step ahead of a meeting of representatives of all 16 German states.
Earlier, German health regulators announced that 31 cases of rare blood clots had been found in those who had just received the vaccine, and that nine people were reported to have died.
All of the cases – with the exception of two cases – involved women between the ages of 20 and 63.
Reports of an unusual form of blood clotting in the head, known as venous sinus thrombosis, prompted a number of European countries to suspend the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine earlier this month.
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