Norris is the third Australian case of clots following the rollout AstraZeneca vaccine, which has been administered over 885,000 times across Australia. "The overall number of reports received for blood clots following vaccination so far has been no higher than the expected background rate for the more common type of blood clots in Australia," the review, released on Friday night, stated. Australia will not give the AstraZeneca vaccine to most people under 50 following confirmation of a "rare but serious risk" of fatal blood clots, the Prime Minister confirmed last week. The change in advice follows a number of blood clots that have occurred in a small number of younger people after receiving the vaccine. "The use of the Pfizer vaccine is preferred over the AstraZeneca vaccine in adults aged less than 50 years who have not already received the first dose of AstraZeneca vaccine," chief medical officer Professor Paul Kelly during a snap.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 17, 2021 06:11 UTC