FOG BLOG NB COVID LOG: FIRST DEATH IN PROVINCE OF THROMBOSIS LINKED TO ASTRAZENICA VACCINE:

Public Health also reports 11new cases, says testing is underway at designated isolation hotel in Fredericton...A person in their 60s has died after experiencing blood clots and low platelets after getting the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.

Dr. Jennifer Russell, the province’s chief medical officer of health, said the patient received a dose in mid-April and got symptoms seven days after immunization.

They went to hospital and died two days later.

Russell said she has extended her condolences to the person’s family.

“Your loss is deeply felt by all your fellow New Brunswickers,” she said.

It’s the first death and the second case of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia in the province.