After multiple studies and analysis of clinical data, a link between blood clots and the AstraZeneca vaccine can't be ruled out. A warning label is being recommended for the product https://t.co/uEjw2YwGfJ

— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) March 18, 2021

“After days of in-depth analysis of lab results, clinical reports, autopsy reports and other information from the clinical trials, we still cannot rule out definitively a link between these cases and the vaccine”, says Cooke.

— Kai Kupferschmidt (@kakape) March 18, 2021

"We're also launching additional investigations to understand more about these rare cases, and we're conducting targeted observational studies”, says Cooke.

— Kai Kupferschmidt (@kakape) March 18, 2021

"We're very much aware that some member states have paused vaccinations, waiting for EMA's outcome of a review”, says Cooke. “But given that 1000s of people in the EU die every day. … it really was crucial for EMA to review rapidly and thoroughly all the available evidence."

— Kai Kupferschmidt (@kakape) March 18, 2021

“PRAC has concluded that there was no increase in the overall risk of blood clots”, says Straus. “Moreover, because the vaccine is effective in preventing #COVID19 disease, which in itself, of course, is a cause of blood clots, it likely reduces the risk of thrombotic events."

— Kai Kupferschmidt (@kakape) March 18, 2021

“The evidence we have is, at the moment, not sufficient to conclude with certainty whether these adverse events are indeed caused by the vaccine or not”, says Straus . "So PRAC will continue to gather more information on these conditions, including additional studies…"

— Kai Kupferschmidt (@kakape) March 18, 2021

“PRAC has recommended to add a warning to the SMPC and the patient leaflets and the description of these cases, so that this information should be provided to healthcare professionals and to the public”, says Straus.

— Kai Kupferschmidt (@kakape) March 18, 2021

EMA also just sent out a press release with this information for patients: pic.twitter.com/M0oSySFhKe

— Kai Kupferschmidt (@kakape) March 18, 2021

So seek prompt medical assistance if you get any of these after vaccination:
– breathlessness
– pain in the chest or stomach
– swelling or coldness in an arm or leg
– severe or worsening headache or blurred vision after vaccination
– persistent bleeding
– multiple small bruises

— Kai Kupferschmidt (@kakape) March 18, 2021

#NORWAY #CovidVaxxin #AstraZeneca :"Norwegian experts say deadly blood clots were caused by the AstraZeneca covid vaccine.."https://t.co/ShpsI9sCZ4 : info18/03/2022 … @CorinneReverbel @OSTERElizabeth1 @JeanYvesCAPO @LMucchielli @drkronbernard !

— Michel Renault (@Galex17200) March 18, 2021