The AstraZeneca corona virus vaccine has been suspended in some countries. This decision was reached after the realization that this vaccine has been said to cause blood clots.
The safety data on this vaccine is to be reviewed soon by the World Health Organization (WHO). Thus far WHO had expressed confidence in the vaccine. The organizations chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebhreyesus even went as far as saying there was no evidence of a link between the effects report and the vaccine yet.
However, due to the increasing number of reports that seem to link the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine and blood clotting, the following countries have already suspended the vaccine:
- Sweden (16 March) – The Swedish Medical Products Agency said a day earlier it had recorded 10 cases of blood clots and one case of low levels of platelets among people who received the AstraZeneca vaccine, but not in combination.
- Latvia (16 March) – Latvian government health agencies announced a “temporary suspension” of up to two weeks.
- France (15 March) – President Emmanuel Macron said, “The decision has been made … to suspend the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine as a precaution, hoping that we can resume it quickly if the judgement of the EMA allows it”.
- Germany (15 March)
- Italy (15 March)
- Spain (15 March) – Health Minister Carolina Darias told reporters, “We have decided to temporarily suspend [use of the AstraZeneca vaccine] as a precaution”
- Luxembourg (15 March)
- Cyprus (15 March)
- Portugal (15 March)
- Slovenia (15 March)
- Indonesia (15 March)
- The Netherlands (15 March)
- Ireland (14 March)
- Bulgaria (12 March)
- The Democratic Republic of the Congo (12 March)
- Thailand (12 March)
- Romania (11 March)
- Iceland (11 March)
- Denmark (11 March)
- Norway (11 March)
- Austria (7 March)
More conclusive information on the vaccine will be available following the aforementioned WHO meet up.
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