UK reports 32 deaths from clots

A total of 168 people have suffered rare blood clots after taking the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine in Britain, and 32 have died, the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said yesterday.

The figures for clots or “thromboembolic events” run up to April 14, by when 21.2 million people had received first doses of the vaccine, according to MHRA.