Slovakia suspends use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine for first doses after blood clot-linked death of recipient

Slovakia will halt

Slovakia will halt its rollout of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine for people being given their first doses, its Health Ministry has said, after an inquiry into the death of a person who suffered blood clots after receiving the jab.

The death of a 47-year-old woman was likely connected to her receiving the Anglo-Swedish vaccine, due to a medical predisposition she had for blood clotting disorders, the country’s regulator, the State Institute for Drug Control (SUKL) said last week.

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