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It is interpreted to be a political decision, not a decision based on scientific evidence, on the suspension of vaccination against AstraZeneca (AZ) corona19 in European countries. The UK, which left the European Union (EU), is said to have built a “front line” against AZ, which is in conflict over the issue of vaccine supply.
The New York Times (NYT) of the United States said: “When Germany announced plans to stop vaccination against AZ, other governments in Europe were under pressure to make the same choice for a ‘unified front'”. It was reported on 16 (local time) that it could have been decided.
Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza, who was promoting the AZ vaccine, reportedly received a call from Germany saying he was “concerned about safety.” Despite the delay in vaccine supply, the Italian government was encouraging people to get vaccinated, and even a few days ago, Prime Minister Mario Draghi reassured the public by saying, “You don’t have to worry about the AZ vaccine.”
The situation was similar in other countries. French Health Minister Olivier Beran said that even when Denmark and Norway stopped vaccinating, “at this time, neither in France, Germany, nor in any European country, is there compelling evidence that the vaccine is too dangerous.” However, after Germany decided to stop vaccination on the 15th, Italy, Spain and France also joined the vaccination cessation.
NYT said that “European countries have joined Germany’s decision despite the fact that there is not enough clear evidence about the harm that the AZ vaccine is doing,” he said. “European countries have taken part in Germany’s decision, even with the vaccination situation already unstable.” It was analyzed that the conflict between AZ and the EU had an effect on the cessation of vaccination.
“There is an ’emotional situation’ in the outbreak that started in Germany,” said Giorgio Palu, director of the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA). “At the epidemiological level (AZ vaccine and blood clots) there is no connection,” he said. he told NYT.
Michael Head, a global health researcher at the University of Southampton in the UK, said: “It is a very extreme decision to stop vaccination now that the COVID-19 pandemic is spreading” and “I don’t know why that decision was made. . “
The Washington Post (WP) noted: “There is no doubt that European countries are going to be upset that the UK after Brexit is outperforming in vaccine development and vaccination.” The population that received at least one vaccine is 40% in the UK, but only 8% in Germany. Experts feared that Europe’s measure would be “a tremendous miscalculation” amid growing fears of the spread of the mutant virus, and would make it even more difficult to achieve the current goal of “vaccinating 70% of the population by this month. September”.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA), which has emphasized that the benefits of AZ vaccines outweigh the risks and that there is no evidence that they cause blood clots, will hold a special meeting on the 18th and announce its final position.
Reporter Lim Se-jeong [email protected]
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