Countries halting AstraZeneca vaccine

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Denmark is the first country on March 11 to say it will suspend use of the AstraZeneca vaccine as a precautionary measure over fears of blood clots in vaccinated people.

Iceland and Norway follow the same day, temporarily suspending use of all their supply of the vaccine.

An initial probe had suggested the woman died from heart failure and an autopsy found no link with the vaccination. And the Democratic Republic of Congo, also due to start administering the vaccine, postpones its campaign citing “precautionary measures”. Announcing its decision, the German health ministry says a closer look is necessary after the reported blood clotting incidents in Europe.The first halt of a batch of the AstraZeneca vaccine is announced by Austria on March 8, following the death of a 49-year-old nurse from “severe bleeding disorders” days after receiving it.

 

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