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The alarm has sounded in Europe in recent hours to AstraZeneca vaccine, based on the latest developments, the Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Cyprus, Portugal, Slovenia and Latvia have decided to discontinue the use of this preparation for precautionary reasons.
Germany suspends vaccination with the preparation of AstraZeneca, as announced by the federal Ministry of Health. The establishment of the Institute, according to BILD, is done in order to carry out more research, after the latest reports of side effects, which have to do mainly with cases of thrombosis.
“Purely preventive measure” is the suspension of the vaccine.
Health Minister Jens Spann called the decision to suspend the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 as a “purely precautionary measure,” and stressed that the decision “was not political, but purely technical,” following a suggestion from the Paul Ehrlich Institute. ., Due to complications related to the formation of thrombosis.
“It just came to our attention then. The result of the examination is open,” stressed Mr. Span during an extraordinary press conference. The minister said that in Germany there have been seven cases of this type, out of a total of 1.7 million vaccines from this company.
“It is very important to clarify that there is absolutely no risk,” he said, noting that the link between the AstraZeneca vaccine and blood clotting disorders could not be completely ruled out. He advised those who have already received the first dose of the vaccine to contact their doctor in case of persistent bleeding or headache.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) will now have to decide again “whether and how the new findings affect the approval of the vaccine,” Jens Spann said, adding that officials needed time to analyze the latest developments. “We are awaiting the audit process.” If Coreper re-approves the vaccine, vaccinations could continue without problems, “said the German Health Minister and expressed hope for a timely decision by Coreper.
The decision was not made easily, Span added. “We all understand the importance of this decision,” he added, but could not estimate how many vaccines should be postponed.
Following the example of Germany, the France decided Monday for “Suspended for precautionary reasons” The use of the AstraZeneca vaccine, pending the opinion of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), this Tuesday, as announced this Monday by the country’s president, Emanuel Macron, during a press conference.
The French head of state said that he hopes that vaccination with this vaccine will soon resume, if the opinion of the European Agency allows it.
Similarly, the Italian pharmaceutical organization Aifa has decided that, for precautionary reasons, it should discontinue the Astrazeneca vaccine across the country. The decision was made pending the final decision of the competent European Authority (Coreper).
Respectively and the Spain has decided to suspend the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 for precautionary reasons, as well as in many other countries after the notification of side effects, announced the Minister of Health Carolina Daria.
“We have decided to preventively and temporarily suspend the administration of the AstraZeneca vaccine for at least two weeks,” until the European Medicines Agency (EMA) decides on concerns related to blood clots, the minister said at a press conference.
He too Cyprus decided to temporarily postpone vaccinations with the AstraZeneca product until Thursday March 18 such as announced the Ministry of Health.
THE Portugal temporarily suspended the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19.
Grassa Freitas, director of the DGS health service, told a press conference that although the side effects were “extremely serious,” they were “extremely rare,” adding that so far no similar cases had been reported in Portugal.
THE Slovenia suspended this Monday “for precautionary reasons” the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19, added to the long list of countries that took the measure due to concerns related to blood clots.
THE Latvia has decided to temporarily suspend the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine for the new coronavirus, health authorities announced on Monday, following the decisions made that same day by six more member states of the European Union.
“The Latvian health authorities are urging doctors not to use open vials of AstraZeneca vaccine and not to open new ones,” the Baltic health services said in a joint statement.
It should be noted that a similar decision has already been made by Netherlands and the Ireland, but also the Iceland, Denmark, Norway and Bulgaria, temporarily discontinue Covid-19 vaccines with this company’s vaccines. Next to, Austria, Luxembourg, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Austria Y Romania they have stopped administering problem batches of this vaccine.
At the same time, the World Health Organization, said Monday that its advisory committee is reviewing information related to the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19, but there is no evidence that the vaccine caused any health incidents.
In Greece, the administration continues normally
As for Hellas, Currently, the AstraZeneca vaccine is administered normally, at least until Thursday, when a new opinion is expected from the European Medicines Agency, which has scheduled a two-day meeting starting on Wednesday.
At the same time, the issue that has arisen with the AstraZeneca vaccine and the repeated suspensions of its administration from several European countries will be put under the microscope of the experts of the National Vaccination Committee tomorrow, following reports of isolated cases of thromboembolism. events in vaccinated with this preparation.
