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Several EU States Stop Use Of AZ Jab Over Blood Clotting

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In a development that could have significant implications for the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, Austria, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Luxembourg have all suspended the use of the AstraZeneca/Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine due to dangerous cases of blood clotting potentially related to the vaccine.

  • Unclear how widespread this complication may be, but it is likely to be closely observed given the huge numbers of AZ vaccines being administered/already administered worldwide.
  • It should be noted that no other countries have so-far seen these complications, even those that have administered far larger numbers of the vaccine than these EU states such as the UK and India.

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