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AstraZeneca jab risk-benefit 'still largely positive' says WHO

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WHO director for regulation and pre-qualification Rogerio Pinto de Sa Gaspar says the risk-benefit balance for the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is "still largely positive". The EU's drug regulator, the European Medicines Agency, has said it is still deciding whether the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine causes blood clots, after one top official said there was a clear link. SOUNDBITE

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