<p>A 39-year-old British woman died in a Cypriot hospital after a blood clotting incident after receiving the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, the official Cyprus News Agency said Monday.</p>.<p>Charalambos Charilaou, spokesperson for the state health services, told CNA that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) would investigate the death.</p>.<p>The woman, treated at Nicosia General Hospital's intensive care unit, received the first dose of the vaccine on May 6 in the resort town of Paphos on the western coast of the Mediterranean island.</p>.<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/memories-die-hard-patients-recovering-from-covid-19-struggle-to-shake-off-hospital-images-989423.html" target="_blank">Memories die hard: Patients recovering from Covid-19 struggle to shake off hospital images </a></strong></p>.<p>The woman, who was not named, suffered symptoms days later.</p>.<p>According to the <em>Cyprus Mail </em>newspaper, the woman suffered a brain haemorrhage and was in a coma before she died.</p>.<p>Cyprus health authorities have opened an investigation to see if the "serious thrombotic episode" was linked to the AstraZeneca jab.</p>.<p>Four other cases of "mild" blood clotting incidents -- three of which occurred after an AstraZeneca shot and one after a Pfizer jab -- are also being investigated by Cyprus.</p>.<p>Some countries have restricted or dropped AstraZeneca shots from national vaccine campaigns over very rare blood clots, though the EMA says the benefits outweigh the risks.</p>.<p>The scientific body overseeing Britain's coronavirus vaccination programme has recommended that under-40s be offered an alternative to AstraZeneca jabs.</p>.<p>AstraZeneca is the backbone of the vaccination rollout in Cyprus, where family doctors are allowed to administer the jab to anybody aged over 20.</p>.<p>But many people booking online to get the vaccine have snubbed AstraZeneca and opted for other shots.</p>.<p>According to Our World in Data figures, Cyprus is ranked third in the European Union for vaccinations per population, administering 57.54 doses per 100 people.</p>.<p>Nearly 49 percent of Cyprus' adult population has received a Covid-19 vaccine shot, and 21 percent are fully vaccinated.</p>.<p>Total infections since the pandemic in March 2020 started is 71,911 and 354 people have died.</p>
<p>A 39-year-old British woman died in a Cypriot hospital after a blood clotting incident after receiving the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, the official Cyprus News Agency said Monday.</p>.<p>Charalambos Charilaou, spokesperson for the state health services, told CNA that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) would investigate the death.</p>.<p>The woman, treated at Nicosia General Hospital's intensive care unit, received the first dose of the vaccine on May 6 in the resort town of Paphos on the western coast of the Mediterranean island.</p>.<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/memories-die-hard-patients-recovering-from-covid-19-struggle-to-shake-off-hospital-images-989423.html" target="_blank">Memories die hard: Patients recovering from Covid-19 struggle to shake off hospital images </a></strong></p>.<p>The woman, who was not named, suffered symptoms days later.</p>.<p>According to the <em>Cyprus Mail </em>newspaper, the woman suffered a brain haemorrhage and was in a coma before she died.</p>.<p>Cyprus health authorities have opened an investigation to see if the "serious thrombotic episode" was linked to the AstraZeneca jab.</p>.<p>Four other cases of "mild" blood clotting incidents -- three of which occurred after an AstraZeneca shot and one after a Pfizer jab -- are also being investigated by Cyprus.</p>.<p>Some countries have restricted or dropped AstraZeneca shots from national vaccine campaigns over very rare blood clots, though the EMA says the benefits outweigh the risks.</p>.<p>The scientific body overseeing Britain's coronavirus vaccination programme has recommended that under-40s be offered an alternative to AstraZeneca jabs.</p>.<p>AstraZeneca is the backbone of the vaccination rollout in Cyprus, where family doctors are allowed to administer the jab to anybody aged over 20.</p>.<p>But many people booking online to get the vaccine have snubbed AstraZeneca and opted for other shots.</p>.<p>According to Our World in Data figures, Cyprus is ranked third in the European Union for vaccinations per population, administering 57.54 doses per 100 people.</p>.<p>Nearly 49 percent of Cyprus' adult population has received a Covid-19 vaccine shot, and 21 percent are fully vaccinated.</p>.<p>Total infections since the pandemic in March 2020 started is 71,911 and 354 people have died.</p>