WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Countries across Europe resumed vaccination with the Astrazeneca pill on Friday, as leaders sought to reassure their populations, briefly suspending those who suspect the vaccine, which aims to end the coronavirus epidemic. Is important.
The British and French prime ministers tied their hands like some other senior politicians across the continent, where the inoculation drive has repeatedly stumbled and infections in many places are now leading to a re-lockdown of many countries.
Britain is a notable exception: there has been an epidemic outbreak, and the country has been widely praised for its vaccination campaign, although it announced this week that it too would suffer from a shortage of supplies.. The UK also never stopped using AstraZeneca. EU countries, by contrast, are struggling to get the vaccine rolled fast, and those difficulties have been exacerbated by the suspension of the vaccine by many this week.
The suspension comes after reports of blood clots in some recipients of the vaccine, despite international health agencies urging the government to move forward with the shooting, saying the benefits outweighed the risks. On Thursday, the European Medicines Agency said the vaccine did not increase the overall incidence of blood clots., Although it could not rule out a link to a small number of rare clots.
The move paved the way for many European countries, including Italy, France and Germany, to start using the vaccine again.
The head of prevention at the Italian Ministry of Health, Dr. Giovanni Reza said: “It is clear that the cancellation of the suspension is a big relief for us because we have to accelerate the vaccination campaign,” said Dr. Giovanni Reza, head of prevention at the Italian Ministry of Health. Giovanni Reza said.
Reza told reporters in Rome that Italy had reluctantly halted the campaign because of a precautionary measure, but now it needs to move quickly for the lost time.
He said Italy needed more than 200,000 vaccinations a day in the country before the suspension to reach the inclusion target of 80% of the population by September.
Health experts have expressed concern that even though the suspension is imminent, they could still damage the vaccine’s confidence at a time when many people are already reluctant to take shots that developed rapidly. While many EU countries have struggled with such reluctance, it is a matter of concern in developing countries There will be no other choice of vaccine. AstraZeneca, which is cheaper and easier to store than many rival products, is a lynching pin in the vaccination drive in many poor countries.
Amidst these concerns, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson received an AstraZeneca blink of an eye at St Thomas’s Hospital in south London, where he was treated in intensive care for Covid-19 last April.
“I don’t think so,” said the 56-year-old, who was leaving the hospital. “I literally didn’t feel anything and so it was very good, very fast and I can’t highly recommend it.” “Everybody, please go there when you get a flicker instruction. It’s the best thing for you, your family and everyone else.”
Others shot dead on Friday include French Prime Minister Jean Kestax, Slovenian President Borut Pahor and Prime Minister Janez Jansa, as well as the governor of a German state. Italian Premier Mario Draghi said he would get an AstraZeneca shot when it came to his age group, and said his eldest sons had received it in London.
“So, there’s no doubt about it,” Draghi, 73, told a news conference.
Kate Stacks, 55, said he took the step because he wanted to show full confidence in the shot even though he was not yet qualified under French rules. Patrick Birche, a former director of the Pasteur Institute, told BFMTV that the move was “a very beautiful gesture.”
France resumed the vaccine with some restrictions aimed at further reducing the risk of potential side effects.
Other countries that are resuming the use of AstraZeneca shots include Bulgaria, a nation of one million, with only 355,000 people receiving the first dose of the vaccine – the lowest number in the European Union.
But not everyone was as quick to return to the vaccine. Sweden, Norway and Denmark, which were the first countries to stop using AstraZeneca, said they would wait another week before deciding whether to resume. And Finland decided to suspend the vaccine for the first time on Friday, saying it would suspend use for a week while investigating two suspected cases of blood clots.
Although there are concerns that the wait may sow long-standing suspicions, some were relieved to have been vaccinated again on Friday.
Emergency paramedic Marvin Brandl, 28, was among a group of health care workers being shot in the German city of Cologne. He expressed confidence in all vaccines approved by the European Union.
“Last night when I learned that re-vaccination was possible, I immediately made an appointment and then I am satisfied and thankful that I am able to be vaccinated,” Brandle said.
Officials in Berlin said two major vaccination centers were reopening on Friday and that those whose appointments were canceled this week would be able to get vaccinated over the weekend without a new opinion.
After many difficulties in vaccine rollout, EU governments are keen to re-shoot, especially as infections and hospitalizations are increasing dramatically in many countries, with many officials saying they are either entering or already in the “third wave”. Is.
Lars Scade, deputy head of the Robert Koch Institute, said the infection rate in Germany was “clearly exponential now”. Officials have warned that the country may have to return to strict lockdown measures by Easter.
In France, the government ordered strict lockdowns for Paris and many other regions, announcing a patchwork of new sanctions despite the increasingly dire situation in hospitals with an increase in the number of COVID-19 patients.
In Poland, more people than any percentage of people admitted to hospital at the onset of an epidemic breathe at any one time. Officials blamed the growth on a more transmissible change known for the first time in Britain that is spreading like wildfire across the country, and they say the worst is yet to come. The Central European nation is preparing to enter a new nationwide lockdown on Saturday – even though it is less restrictive than it was imposed a year ago.
Hungary, meanwhile, has extended lockdown sanctions for the second week in a row, breaking the record for a strong surge every day – despite the fact that the country has the second-highest vaccination rate in the EU after Malta.
In Bosnia, which is not in the EU, a high infection caused a lockdown in the capital on Friday. Kan. The Balkan nation of millions has not yet begun mass vaccination of its citizens and the winter season has kept you comfortable and ski resorts open.
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The report was contributed by Associated Press writers from around Europe.
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