South Asian Languages: Is the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine safe?

A further safety review was carried out into the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.

There is no evidence the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine causes blood clots, UK and EU regulators have said.

The MHRA and the EMA conducted their reviews after some European countries paused the vaccine's use because of a very small number of reports of an extremely rare form of blood clot occurring in the brain.

They have said that people can be confident the vaccine is safe and effective.

BBC Asian Network is helping to address any safety fears around the Covid vaccines in the South Asian community, in five languages: Gujarati, Punjabi, Sylheti, Tamil and Urdu.

Tamil

Dr Archana Sasitharan explains in Tamil why the benefits of the AstraZeneca vaccine outweighs any risks.

Urdu

Dr Nadia Ghani explains in Urdu why the benefits of the AstraZeneca vaccine outweighs any risks.

Punjabi

Dr Carter Singh explains in Punjabi why the benefits of the AstraZeneca vaccine outweighs any risks.

Sylheti

Dr Abdul Mannan explains in Sylheti why the benefits of the AstraZeneca vaccine outweighs any risks.

Gujarati

Dr Sayyada Mawji explains in Gujarati why the benefits of the AstraZeneca vaccine outweighs any risks.