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The deputy executive director of EU's drug watchdog says during a press conference that a review of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine found its benefits increase with age, despite links to blood clots. SOUNDBITE
The deputy executive director of EU's drug watchdog says during a press conference that a review of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine found its benefits still outweigh the risks for adults despite links to blood clots. SOUNDBITE
The chief executive of Britain's independent medicines regulator, June Raine, announces that out of 79 cases of blood clots in people having received a first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, 19 people have died, during a press conference over concerns about links between AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine and blood clots. SOUNDBITE
Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) Emer Cook says the AstraZeneca vaccine is "safe and effective" and not associated with a higher blood clot risk, after more than a dozen countries paused rollouts over health fears. IMAGES
The head of the EU's medicines regulator says that it is probing serious side effects of "all vaccines", as it investigated possible blood clots linked to the AstraZeneca jab. SOUNDBITE