EU reviewing cases of rare body inflammation after COVID-19 shots

FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a small bottle labelled with a “Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine” sticker in this illustration taken, October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo

(Reuters) – Europe’s medicines regulator said on Friday it was reviewing cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome after inoculation with COVID-19 vaccines, following a report of a similar case with Pfizer/BioNTech’s shot.

The European Medicines Agency’s safety committee is also looking into cases of blood clots in the vein with Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, the regulator said, adding that the issue was distinct from a rare side-effect identified earlier.

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