LONDON, March 18 (Reuters) - The potential risk from having
AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine is 'incredibly small' and is far
outweighed by the benefits, England's Chief Medical Officer said
after five reports of rare blood clots in the brain after
receiving the shot.
"What we have here (...) is an incredibly small potential
risk, and even this is a potential risk, not one that is
certain," Chris Whitty said on Thursday.
"So, five people out of the 11 million that have been given
the vaccine in the UK so far, against the really very
substantial protection that these vaccines give."
(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge and Kate Holton, writing by
Paul Sandle)