Photo: Getty ImagesCovid patients are more than twice as likely to develop life-threatening blood clots during surgery compared to those not infected with the virus. Of those, 1000 were from 11 New Zealand hospitals - both regional and in our city centres. Patients who develop blood clots were also five times more likely to die 30 days after surgery, the study found. It comes after a health chief from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) identified a link between AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine and blood clots in April. "We know that patients having surgery are at increased risk of clots in their legs and lungs.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 24, 2021 20:48 UTC