Canada’s largest province says it will stop giving out first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine due to concerns over blood clotsTORONTO — Canada’s largest province says it will stop giving out first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine due to concerns over blood clots. In Canada, at least 12 cases have been confirmed out of more than two million doses given and three women have died. Health officials are awaiting results of a clinical trial in the United Kingdom looking at giving a different vaccine for the second dose. ———OTTAWA, Ontario — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says almost 50% of eligible adults in Canada have received at least one shot of COVID-19 vaccine. The latest weekly total of vaccine doses is less than one-quarter of the mid-April peak of 211,057 doses in a single week.

Source: ABC News May 11, 2021 07:45 UTC