A British woman died after receiving AstraZeneca jab for COVID-19, reported AFP quoting an official from the Cyprus news agency on Monday. The official said that she suffered blood clotting after the jab and died in a Cypriot hospital.

The 39-year-old woman received the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine on May 6 and was treated at Nicosia General hospital’s intensive care on the western coast of the Mediterranean island. 

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When the incident took place the health authorities from Cyprus opened an investigation to see if the “serious thrombotic episode” was linked to the AstraZeneca jab.

Along with investigating the death of the woman, Cyprus is also investigating four other cases of ‘mild’ blood clotting, which occurred after the AstraZeneca jab.

 CNA reported that European Medicines Agency (EMA) would investigate the death, said Charalambos Charilaou, spokesperson for the state health services. 

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European Medicines Agency said that as the blood clotting cases are at surge, many countries are dropping AstraZeneca shots from the national vaccine campaigns. 

People are opting for other vaccine shot and are ignoring the AstraZeneca vaccine shot.

AstraZeneca is the backbone of the vaccination rollout in Cyprus, where family doctors have allowed to administer the jab to anybody aged over 20.

According to Our World in Data figures, Cyprus is ranked third in the European Union for vaccinations per population, administering 57.54 doses per 100 people.

The data from Cyprus shows that 49 % of the Cyprus adult population has received a COVID-19 vaccine shot, and 21 % of the population is fully vaccinated.

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Cyprus has reported around 71,911 cases with 354 deaths reported.