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WILL WAIT: Ontario Province Governor Doug Ford has previously stated that he would rather wait for the Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson and Johnson vaccines, if the committee concludes that the AstraZeneca vaccine is not completely safe. Photo: Carlos Osorio / Reuters
After a brief hiatus in the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine in Canada, a panel of Canadian experts recommends that use be discontinued in all those under 55 years of age. Now stop
The case is being updated.
On Monday night, the CBC news channel reports that a Canadian expert committee, which has investigated the further use of the AstraZeneca vaccine, recommended that Canadian authorities from now on not administer the vaccine to those under 55 years of age for ” safety reasons”.
Soon after, health authorities respond by announcing that they will not offer the AstraZeneca vaccine to those under 55 years of age until they have more knowledge about gender and age-related side effects, writes Reuters.
At the same time, 1.5 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines will be en route from the United States to Canada. They are due to arrive tomorrow, but a Health Ministry spokesperson has confirmed that the delivery has been stopped, according to CBC.
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization of Canada (NACI) has analyzed the risk of serious side effects associated with vaccination with the British AstraZeneca vaccine. This occurs after cases of blood clots were reported in several different countries shortly after the use of the vaccine in question.
NACI doctor and vice president Shelley Deeks said during a news conference Monday night that vaccine-related blood clots are considered very rare. Therefore, the recommendation not to administer the vaccine to those under 55 years of age is, above all, to exercise caution and caution. writes CBC.
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The governor of the province of Ontario in Canada, Doug Ford, is said to have stated that he will not hesitate to stop using the vaccine if that is the recommendation, writes CBC. Ontario is the most populous province in the country.
– I won’t hesitate to stop him in a second. So we just won’t use it, Ford said of further use of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
– I would rather wait for Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson and Johnson, if it takes longer.
So far, Canada, like several other countries, has stopped using the vaccine pending further research. This despite the fact that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended additional use of the vaccine.
In Norway, three people died shortly after receiving their dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
