Medicines watchdog investigate first Irish case of blood clot linked to AstraZeneca jab

The HPRA is investigating a clot thought to be linked to a woman who received the AstraZeneca vaccine.

The HPRA has confirmed it is investigating the first brain clot in a woman who received the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.

The country’s medicines watchdog said it can confirm that it has received a case of interest, associated with the vaccine, which describes an usual clot in the brain known as CVST.