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May 7, 2021 2:24 AM -
A woman in BC has been hospitalized with a rare blood clot associated with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, the first such reaction reported in the province.
Provincial health officer Doctor Bonnie Henry says the woman contacted her family doctor when she had symptoms five or six days after being vaccinated.
Dr. Henry urged people to be alert to the symptoms, which range from a persistent and severe headache to difficulty moving parts of your body, and back, or chest or abdominal pain.
However, she also defended the vaccine, saying AstraZeneca has played an important role in BC's immunization plan and has proven to be effective.
BC reported 694 new cases of COVID-19 today and one new death.
Dr. Henry also says the issue of blood clots linked to AstraZeneca has only been connected to first doses, not the second.
Canada has had three deaths linked to the blood clots, two women in their 50s, one from Alberta and the other from Quebec, and a person in their 60s from New Brunswick.
