Photo: Getty ImagesThere is no evidence linking the deaths of two Australians to coronavirus vaccine doses they received, the chief of the country's medicines regulator says. One was a 71-year-old with several underlying conditions, who took the AstraZeneca vaccine, Seven News said. Australia has restricted the AstraZeneca vaccine to people older than 50, throwing its campaign into disarray, as it had banked on the AstraZeneca product for the majority of shots. Two weeks ago, Australia reported its first death from blood clots linked to the vaccine, after the medicines regulator said a 48-year-old woman's demise was "likely" linked to the shot. More than 2 million vaccine doses had been injected by Tuesday, a far cry from the 4 million pledged by the end of March.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 29, 2021 00:45 UTC