A 60-year-old Danish woman who succumbed to a blood clot after receiving a vaccine developed by AstraZeneca had an “extremely unusual” state of illness, according to the Danish Medicines Agency.
The statement follows Denmark’s decision to stop using AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine after some people who received the vaccine developed blood clots. The Danish Health Authority noted that its decision to stop using the vaccine was “based on the precautionary principle” and that a person who developed a blood clot after vaccination died. Ireland became the last country on Sunday to temporarily suspend distribution of the vaccine “just in case,” Reuters reported. The move was announced after reports of blood clotting at some of the recipients in Norway.
“The Danish woman had an unusual clinical picture with low platelet counts, blood clots in small and large vessels and bleeding,” said Tanja Erichsen, unit manager at the Danish Medicines Agency, in a statement published on Sunday.
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“The condition is highly unusual and is currently being investigated extensively by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the other European Medicines Agency,” the statement continues.
A spokesman for the Danish Medicines Agency confirmed to Fox News that it is actively investigating the patient’s case and details.
AstraZeneca issued a statement on Sunday defending its vaccine COVID-19, writing in part, “a careful review of all available safety data from more than 17 million people vaccinated in the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom with the vaccine COVID-19 AstraZeneca showed no evidence of an increased risk of pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or thrombocytopenia … “
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The European Medicines Agency and the World Health Organization noted that the number of thromboembolic events in vaccinated persons does not exceed that observed in the general population.
“Currently, there is no indication that vaccination has caused these conditions, which are not listed as side effects with this vaccine,” wrote the EMA earlier, revealing that vaccinations may continue during investigations because the benefits of the vaccine outweigh its risks.
Fox News’s Madeline Farber and Edmund DeMarche contributed to this report.