Coronavirus: woman who died from blood clot after AstraZeneca vaccine had ‘unusual symptoms’, Denmark says
- The Danish Medicines Agency said the 60-year old had a low number of blood platelets and clots in small and large vessels
- Earlier, Germany halted the use of AstraZeneca’s vaccine after reported blood clotting incidents in Europe
The woman had a low number of blood platelets and clots in small and large vessels, as well as bleeding, it said.
A few similar cases were found in Norway and in the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) database of drug side effects, Danish Medicines Agency said.
“It was an unusual course of illness around the death that made the Danish Medicines Agency react,” it said in a statement late on Sunday.
Norway said on Saturday that three people, all under the age of 50, who had received the AstraZeneca vaccine were being treated in hospital for bleeding, blood clots and a low count of blood platelets, which were labelled “unusual symptoms” by health authorities.
Germany on Monday suspended the use of AstraZeneca’s vaccine, saying that a closer look was necessary.