AstraZeneca Vaccine Suspended , in More Countries
Due to Blood Clot Fears.
Denmark was the first nation to
announce its suspension of the
U.K.-developed vaccine earlier this week. .
It is important to emphasize that we have not opted out of the AstraZeneca vaccine, but that we are putting it
on hold, Soren Brostrom, Director of the Danish National
Board of Health, via CNBC.
Seven other European nations have suspended its use
as well over reports that some people have developed
blood clots after being vaccinated.
On Friday, Thailand became the first country
in Asia to announce a temporary halt of the vaccine.
Some nations, including Austria and Italy,
have only stopped using specific batches.
According to drug regulator European Medicines Agency,
getting the vaccine outweighs "its risks," of which
the agency says there is no current evidence.
5 million Europeans have
received the AstraZeneca shot.
Of those 5 million,
30 reports of possible blood clots have emerged.
Reports of blood clots received so far are not greater than the number that would have occurred naturally in the vaccinated population, Dr. Phil Bryan, Britain’s Medicines and Healthcare
Products Regulator, via CNBC