Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jun 2021
Vaccine confusion as clots force jab switch for two million
17 June 2021 - Health authorities are scrambling to switch more than two million Australians aged under 60 to the imported Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine after fresh cases of a rare blood clotting syndrome ruled out the AstraZeneca jab for people aged 50 to 59.
The decision, announced by Health Minister Greg Hunt on Thursday, comes as 815,000 people aged 50-59 wait for their second AstraZeneca jab, having already received the first.
Health authorities urged people in this category to go ahead with their second AstraZeneca jab, declaring it safe.
