The side effects of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine - a podcast by BBC Radio 4

All adults under 30 should be offered the Pfizer-BioNtech or Moderna coronavirus vaccine due to a potential link between the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab and extremely rare blood clots.

The UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said there was no proof the Covid vaccine had caused the clots but the link was getting firmer.

R4 Today programme's Mishal Husain looked at what the risks and benefits were to taking the coronavirus jab and how it will be used on the over-30s.

She heard from professor Andrew Pollard, director of the Oxford Vaccine Group; professor Sir David Spielgelhalter, chair of the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication at the University of Cambridge; and Matt Hancock MP, health secretary.

Audience questions were answered by professor Anthony Harnden, deputy chair of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JVCI); and Dame Clare Gerada, former chair of the Royal College of GPs.

(Image: Vials with AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine; Credit: Reuters)

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