Canada reports serious adverse reaction to AstraZeneca vaccine
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The Ministry of Health of the region where the patient lives, said that they expected such cases to appear and were preparing for this.
In the Canadian province of Quebec, the country’s first case of blood clots in a person vaccinated against a coronavirus with a drug from AstraZeneca was recorded. About this on Tuesday, April 13, reported TV channel CBC with reference to the Ministry of Health and Human Services of the region.
It is noted that thrombosis was detected in a woman after receiving the vaccine. At the same time, data on the age of the vaccinated and the number of doses received by her are not given. However, it is indicated that the patient is at home.
According to the head of the department, Christian Dubé, the province is exercising “hypervigilance” and is closely monitoring any adverse reactions associated with COVID vaccinations. He added that this was an opportunity that health officials “anticipated” and prepared for.
We will remind, vaccination against coronavirus in Canada began on December 14. For this, drugs are used by American companies Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson and British-Swedish AstraZeneca.
As of early April, 4,508,709 Canadians received the coronavirus vaccine, or 11.86% of the total population.
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