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Europe Divided on AstraZeneca Covid Shot Over Safety Fears
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March 12, 2021
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2:17Now PlayingEurope’s problems with AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine deepened, with at least 10 countries suspending use of the shot over safety concerns that Germany and France -- along with the continent’s top health authority -- say are unfounded.
Austria was first to raise concerns last weekend when it stopped using some supplies of AstraZeneca’s vaccine as a precaution following reports of a death and illness among recipients. In rapid succession, Denmark, Italy and Norway echoed the move, pointing to instances of blood clotting potentially linked to a batch of the product that health authorities want to investigate more closely. Thailand has followed suit.
The suspensions threaten to derail Europe’s already stuttering vaccine rollout, which trails campaigns in the U.K. and U.S. and could prolong the social and economic pain of the pandemic. They follow complaints from Europe that Astra isn’t delivering enough doses, along with age restrictions that many countries put on the shot in January before recently clearing it for all adults.
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