Article 5GB3D Sister of man who died after AstraZeneca jab urges public to have vaccine

Sister of man who died after AstraZeneca jab urges public to have vaccine

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Helen Pidd North of England editor
from World news | The Guardian on (#5GB3D)

Dr Alison Astles says her brother, Neil Astles, was extraordinarily unlucky' because risk of dying from vaccine is tiny

The sister of a man who died from a rare blood clot on the brain after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine has urged the public to keep saving lives" by continuing to receive the jab.

Neil Astles, a 59-year-old solicitor at Warrington council, was given his first dose on 17 March but died in hospital on Easter Sunday after suffering from 10 days of worsening headaches and loss of vision.

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