Australian authorities say three new cases of blood clots ‘very likely linked’ to AstraZeneca vaccine

Therapeutic Goods Administration says the patients, including an 80-year-old man, are stable and recovering

Australian health authorities say another three cases of rare blood clots - including in an 80-year-old Victorian man - are very likely linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine.

The medicines regulator on Friday night said the suspected cases of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS) were in a 35-year-old New South Wales woman, a 49-year-old Queensland man and the 80-year-old.