Australian woman dies from severe bleed after AstraZeneca vaccine
The TGA is investigating 36 reports of the rare disorder in which the immune system destroys blood platelets
A 61-year-old woman has died from immune thrombocytopenia after receiving AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, the TGA says.
The condition, distinct from the vaccine-linked thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS), has been previously linked to viral illness and to other vaccines, including influenza, MMR and hepatitis B.
A TGA-commissioned group of investigators declared that the WA woman’s death was “likely” linked to the vaccine.
“This was based on the lack of strong evidence for other causes and the occurrence of the event being within a plausible time period after vaccination,” the regulator said in its weekly safety report.
