Astrazeneca's vaccine has been making headlines for weeks, and Denmark is now reporting two more cases of severe thrombosis.
Hospital staff are affected again, one person has died.
Copenhagen - There are worrying cases that occurred in early March after a corona vaccination * with the vaccine from the manufacturer Astrazeneca.
After a nurse in Austria died a few days after the administration, a colleague with a pulmonary embolism was treated in the clinic and cases in Germany became public, further cases are now occurring.
Denmark has now reported two cases, one person apparently even died after the vaccination *.
Astrazeneca vaccination: Two more cases reported in Denmark - hospital staff again affected
As the
Spiegel
reported, citing the Danish media, two more cases of blood clots, apparently again in the brain, are said to have been confirmed on Saturday.
As in the two cases in Austria, the persons concerned are said to be hospital employees.
Both people had previously been vaccinated with the vaccine from the manufacturer Astrazeneca, and one of them died as a result of the brain thrombosis.
It is not known exactly when the two hospital employees were given the vaccine, but there should be less than 14 days between the vaccination and the occurrence of complications.
As
Der Spiegel
further reports, the Danish Medicines Agency is said to have confirmed the two cases, but further details were not disclosed.
However, as the Danish newspaper
Eksrta Bladet
reports, one of the two is said to be a woman only 30 years old.
Astrazeneca vaccine: green light for the vaccine - researchers from Germany report groundbreaking success
After similar cases had already accumulated in the past few weeks, the EMA checked the effectiveness and possible side effects again in mid-March.
Although a connection with the severe thrombosis could not be ruled out, the EMA gave the green light for further administration of the Astrazeneca vaccine on Thursday, March 18.
The benefit for the general public is too great.
Only one day later, researchers from Germany announced a groundbreaking success, they were actually able to prove a connection between the thrombosis and the vaccine.
It is not known which groups of people are particularly susceptible to such thrombosis.
However, during a press conference, Jens Spahn hinted at a vaccination privilege * for women who take the contraceptive pill.
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Meanwhile, a connection between the vaccination and the thrombosis was confirmed in the case of the deceased nurse in Austria.
However, one expert gives the all-clear: such an incident is "very, very rare".