VACCINE SAFETY
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* Two NSW men, aged 55 and 71, have died days after getting the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine
* Therapeutic Goods Administration boss John Skerritt says current evidence in relation to the two cases does not suggest a likely association between the deaths and the vaccine
* The TGA says 11,000 adverse events have been reported to it, out of the 2.1 million jabs delivered so far
* The adverse events range from a sore arm to people having a heart attack a week after having a vaccine
* The TGA is looking at every serious incident in detail and cross-checking them with overseas experts
* Blood clotting continues to be a "very rare condition"
* Medicine regulators in Australia, Europe and the US say the benefits of the AstraZeneca vaccine "dramatically exceed the risks"
Australian Associated Press
