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Our health authorities said that there was no AstraZeneca vaccine made in the manufacturing unit in question in Korea, and there were no reports of side effects of blood clots.



As you can see, in other countries, vaccinations are discontinued and vaccinations are continued, but medical reporter Cho Dong-chan will explain why the judgment is different and how Korea should cope with it.



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blood clot is a group of various blood components, and it stops the blood in the wounded area.



If there are too few platelets, blood clots do not stop and blood clots do not stop. If too many platelets, blood clots spontaneously form and block normal blood vessels.



The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating 36 deaths from side effects of blood clots after vaccination with Pfizer and Modena.



However, the vaccination was not stopped.



This is because, unlike countries where vaccination was discontinued, each of the deceased received a different manufacturing unit of vaccine.



Last year, a research team at the University of UCLA in the United States said that the possibility that Pfizer, Moder, or vaccines could cause blood clots cannot be ruled out.



Among those infected with COVID-19, the number of deaths from the side effects of blood clots is 9 times higher than that of the flu, because if there are many coronaviruses in the body, it causes blood clots.



In the same way, if the vaccine is excessively injected into the body, there is a risk of causing blood clots.



Because the vaccine dose was determined based on this, normal products have a low risk of blood clots.



The part being investigated by Denmark and Italy is also tailored to whether there was an error in the dose of the vaccine produced by the manufacturing unit in question.



Health officials say that a manufacturing-level AstraZeneca vaccine related to blood clot deaths has not been introduced in the country.



[Song Young-rae/Ministry of Health and Welfare Spokesperson: There is currently no report of side effects for blood clots in Korea as a side effect report...

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A member of the Immunization Committee pointed out that it is not a scientific attitude to conclude that the case of blood clot death is not due to the vaccine, but the investigation is ongoing.



(Video coverage: Kim Min-cheol, video editing: Park Ki-deok)