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How Australian doctors reduced vaccine-linked blood clot deaths

10.06.2021 - By The GuardianPlay

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The AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine has been linked with a rare blood-clotting condition called thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS). But in Australia, the death rates from this condition have been much lower than overseas. Medical editor Melissa Davey explains to Laura Murphy-Oates how a team of specialists including Dr Vivien Chen drastically reduced deaths from the condition.

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