[PODCAST] Daily Dose @ 5: Phase Three of immunisation program might be delayed, Alberta confirms first death linked to AstraZeneca vaccine

AMONG the headlines for Wednesday, 5 May, 2021, Malaysia’s Phase Three of the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP) which was supposed to start in May might be delayed.

Coordinating minister Khairy Jamaluddin says this is due to the lack of supplies in the global vaccine distribution chain as pharmaceutical companies seemingly prioritised richer countries which led to slower vaccination rollouts in developing countries.

Also, an Alberta woman in her 50s has died from a rare blood clot condition after receiving the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine, says the province's chief medical officer of health.

In a statement Tuesday, hospital authorities said the woman died of vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT). It's Alberta's first death linked to the vaccine in Canada.

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