{"id":41068,"date":"2021-03-09T08:19:23","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T08:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=41068"},"modified":"2021-03-09T08:19:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T08:19:33","slug":"austria-suspends-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccination-after-womans-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=41068","title":{"rendered":"Austria suspends AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccination after woman\u2019s death"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Austrian authorities have suspended inoculations with a batch of AstraZeneca\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine as a precaution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was while investigating the death of one person and the illness of another after the shots, a health agency said on Sunday, March 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG) has received two reports in a temporal connection with a vaccination from the same batch of the AstraZeneca vaccine<\/a> in the district clinic of Zwettl\u201d in Lower Austria province, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One 49-year-old woman died as a result of severe coagulation disorders, while a 35-year-old woman developed a pulmonary embolism and is recovering, it said. A pulmonary embolism is an acute lung disease caused by a dislodged blood clot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCurrently there is no evidence of a causal relationship with the vaccination,\u201d BASG said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Swiss newspaper Niederoesterreichische Nachrichten as well as broadcaster ORF and the APA news agency reported that the women were both nurses who worked at the Zwettl clinic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BASG said blood clotting was not among the known side effects of the vaccine. It was pursuing its investigation vigorously to completely rule out any possible link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs a precautionary measure, the remaining stocks of the affected vaccine batch are no longer being issued or vaccinated,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AstraZeneca had no immediate comment when contacted by Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The APA news agency quoted AstraZeneca as saying the company was in contact with Austrian authorities and would fully support the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It noted the vaccine had been approved by the European Medicines Agency and the World Health Organization based on a global clinical program involving 23,000 participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll of these evaluations have concluded that the AstraZeneca COVID-19<\/a> 19 vaccine is safe and effective,\u201d APA quoted the company as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

European Union regulators on Jan. 30 approved the product, saying it was effective and safe to use. Adverse reactions seen in trials were short-lived for the most part and blood clotting issues were not reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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