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The Netherlands will suspend the use of the British-Swedish company AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine as a precautionary measure until at least March 29, the Dutch government announced Sunday night.
Previously On Sunday, Irish health authorities said they would not use the AstraZeneca vaccine until further reports of a possible serious side effect were received.
Following the example of Norway, Bulgaria, Denmark and Iceland decided to suspend on Thursday, and a similar decision was made in Italy on Sunday. Blood clots have occurred in some patients after using the vaccine, but a clear causal relationship has not been scientifically established. According to a report on Saturday, there have already been four such cases in Norway. Austria was the first to discontinue vaccination with vaccines from one of the AstraZeneca shipments after the death of a Zwettli nurse.
The European Medicines Agency announced on Friday that another suspected side effect is immune Thrombocytopenia is also investigating vaccines for the three vaccines approved in the European Union, Pfizer / BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca.
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