AstraZeneca vaccine.The man in his 40s is currently recovering in hospital in the Fraser Health region, provincial health officer Dr.
Bonnie Henry said Thursday.This is now the second case of vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenic, or VITT, that officials have seen since beginning the COVID-19 vaccine program.Earlier this month, a woman in her 40s became the first person in the province to be diagnosed with VITT.She was stable and receiving treatment in the Vancouver Coastal Health region.Henry said this is very rare, but VITT is associated with the AstraZeneca vaccine.