Boris Johnson has defended the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine as the UK’s regulator examines potential links between the vaccine and rare blood clots.
During a visit to AstraZeneca’s manufacturing plant in Macclesfield the Prime Minister told reporters: “On the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, the best thing people should do is look at what the MHRA say, our independent regulator – that’s why we have them, that’s why they are independent.
“Their advice to people is to keep going out there, get your jab, get your second jab.”
It comes after Sage (the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies) said that stage two of the unlocking is unlikely to exert pressure on the NHS, but changes planned for May and June when social mixing is set to be permitted again could cause hospital admissions to rise to levels seen during January’s winter peak.
