Brit model Stephanie Dubois, 39, dies from ‘very rare’ blood clot after getting Covid jab in Cyprus
A BRITISH model who suffered a 'very rare' blood clot has died days after being given the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in Cyprus.
Stephanie Dubois, 39, suffered a “serious thrombotic episode” after being given the jab in the town of Paphos.
The EMA also reminded the public that of the very few cases of blood clots, most were combined with low levels of blood platelets and were within two weeks of vaccination.
Most cases reported have also occurred in women under 60, based on the currently available evidence, specific risk factors have not been confirmed.
The EMA say their scientific assessment underpins the safe and effective use of Covid-19 vaccines.
One plausible explanation for the combination of blood clots and low blood platelets is an immune response.
'VANISHINGLY RARE'
Britain’s medical watchdog, the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), said the overall incidence of blood clots with low platelets after a first dose of Astrazeneca is put at 10.5 per million doses, and about one in a million for a second dose.
There have been 49 deaths in the UK, meaning the odds of someone getting a fatal blood clot is 2.1 per million.
But this goes up to 4.5 for those aged 30 to 39.
While England’s deputy chief medical officer Professor Jonathan Van-Tam has previously described the blood clots as "vanishingly rare" but "quite serious".
The same kind of blood clotting cases have been seen in Europe.