SINGAPORE (Bloomberg/Reuters/AFP): The AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine came under the spotlight following reports of rare blood clots, some of them fatal, among some adult vaccine recipients.
Concerns about the vaccine centred on an unusual type of blood clot in the brain called cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST). There were also some cases of clots in the abdomen and in the arteries, which occurred together with low levels of blood platelets.
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