AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and the Quebec health ministry said the female patient, whose age was not revealed, is recovering at home.
Why rare blood clots could be a side effect of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine “Reports of blood clots with low platelets in people vaccinated with the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine are very rare and the report of this case shows that Canada’s vaccine safety monitoring system works,” PHAC said in a statement.“Based on all of the evidence available internationally to-date, Health Canada continues to consider that the benefits of the AstraZeneca and Covishield vaccines to protect against COVID-19 outweigh the potential risks.”The vaccine was produced at the Serum.