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Risk of blood clots with Covid 'much higher' than after vaccine dose

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The increased risk of being admitted to hospital or dying due to blood clots for someone with coronavirus is "much higher" than in people who had a first dose of vaccine, a study has found.

Researchers said their work is the first to compare the AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines with risks from Covid-19 on such a large scale.

This new research looked at more than 29 million people aged 16 or older who had a first dose of either vaccine in England between December and April.

Their findings suggest the risk of thrombocytopenia - a condition where the patient has a low count of cells, known as platelets, that help the blood clot - in someone with coronavirus is almost nine times higher than in someone who has had one dose of the AstraZeneca jab.

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