Use of the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 is to resume on Saturday after the Government accepted expert advice giving it the all-clear for all adults. On Thursday, the EMA found the benefits of the vaccine in combating the threat of Covid-19 continued to outweigh the risk of side effects. StrokeEarlier a stroke expert said there is a “substantially higher” risk of having a stroke through Covid-19 than from taking the AstraZeneca vaccine. The very clear conclusion of the EMA was that AstraZeneca was a safe vaccine, she said. She said there had been 25 cases of blood clotting out of 20 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Source: The Irish Times March 19, 2021 09:51 UTC