Countries in Europe are taking precautions over the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines following concerns of blood clotting.
So far 17 million people around the world have received the vaccine.
Below is a list of countries pausing the use of the vaccine:
- Austria – A person was diagnosed with multiple thrombosis and died 10 days later;
- Estonia – Suspended AstraZeneca from the same batch (ABV5300) as those which were received by Austria;
- Latvia– Temporary suspension
- Luxembourg –
- Lithuania
- Romania
- Denmark – Among the first countries to suspend all the AstraZeneca vaccinations. A 60-year old woman suffered blood clots and died after the vaccination;
- Iceland
- Norway
- Ireland
- The Netherlands
- Germany – Paul Ehrlich Institute (country’s vaccine authority) suspended the use of the AstraZeneva to allow for further investigations into the allegations of blood clotting.
- France – President Emmanuel Macron said the country will stop the use of the vaccine out of precaution;
- Italy – Banned all batches of AstraZeneca vaccines
- Spain – suspended the use of the vaccine for at least two weeks;
- Slovenia
- Sweden
European Medicines Agency (EMA) will release the findings of their investigations on Thursday.
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