Countries in Europe are taking precautions over the use of AstraZeneca 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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