After a three-day break, vaccination with the few AstraZeneca vaccines available to Latvia resumed on March 19, and previously expressed concerns about blood clots after vaccination were dispelled today by domestic experts, emphasizing that a sedentary lifestyle, not a vaccine, can increase the risk of blood clots. The news.
Experts dispel concerns about the association of blood clots with AstraZeneca vaccines, which is why vaccination centers were allowed to resume discontinued vaccination on Friday, March 19.
Previous concerns about the safety of the AstraZeneca vaccine and its link to some blood clots have already been allayed by the European Green Agency on Thursday, March 18th. On Friday, March 19, the same was emphasized by domestic experts.
The AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is safe and effective in preventing Covid-19 infection. And the benefits provided continue to outweigh the risks many times over, ”emphasized Zane Neikena, a representative of the European Medicines Agency in Latvia.
Dace Zavadska, the head of the State Council of Immunization, says that in large-scale vaccination campaigns, it is only normal for countries to report various possible side effects. However, she emphasizes that the case may not always be directly linked to the vaccine.
Head of the State Council of Immunization Dace Zavadska
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“Vaccinating millions is really expected to shed light on both independent and rare diseases, and there could be rare side effects. And our task is to study them, analyze them very quickly and understand whether there is a real connection. ”
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The observed but unconfirmed risk of thromboembolism when vaccinated with AstraZeneca was in women aged 20 to 55 years. Doctors emphasize that blood clots can form for a variety of reasons, such as having an immune disease, high cholesterol, or smoking. Thromboembolism is a relatively rare disease, affecting between one and five people per million people a year. And the cases currently detected after receiving the vaccine are in the same range.
“If we look simply from the point of view of the population, which can have different types of thromboembolism, then we see that this group, which has been vaccinated, is no different from what we are if we look at it every day. I would watch the same group every day – five, 11 million, ”explained Andrejs Ērglis, a cardiologist and head of the Cardiology Center at Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital (PSKUS).
“It simply came to our notice then. Now we have to wait for this end result, and not everyone should panic and think that they may have thrombosis because the vaccine is being given. In fact, a sedentary lifestyle, which everyone has now, is a bigger risk factor for thrombosis than if you are given this vaccine, ”warned Sandra Lejniece, the head of the RAKUS Chemotherapy and Hematology Clinic.
However, it is still being investigated whether there has been a unifying risk factor for detected thrombosis. The results could be known next week. Meanwhile, GPs already need to re-explain to the public why vaccination and fear are unfounded.-
