Doctors urged to watch out for signs of stroke following Covid vaccination

The experts stressed that the cases of stroke are very rare and that stroke is more common in people who catch Covid-19.
Doctors urged to watch out for signs of stroke following Covid vaccination

The experts stressed that the cases of stroke are very rare and that stroke is more common in people who catch Covid-19.

Doctors are being urged to watch out for signs of stroke in people receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine after three young patients were admitted to hospital and one died.

Experts, including from the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery at University College London (UCL) Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, told how two women in their 30s and a man in his 40s suffered clots in their large arteries, leading to ischaemic stroke, though they stressed the chances were small.

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