Germany Is Latest Country To Suspend AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 Vaccine Over Blood Clots Concerns, WHO Says It’s Safe

EU's largest countries joined the list of states halting their rollouts of AstraZeneca jabs on March 15 over blood clot fears. This comes even as the World Health Organization & Europe's medicines watchdog insisted it was safe to use. Both organisations will hold special meetings this week after a host of countries said they would stop using the vaccine pending further review. Three largest EU countries, Germany, Italy & France, all paused rollouts on March 15 & were later joined by Spain, Portugal, Slovenia & Latvia. Indonesia also announced a delay to its rollout of the jab, which is cheaper than its competitors & was billed as the vaccination of choice for poorer nations. But the WHO insisted countries should keep using the vaccine, adding that it had scheduled a meeting of its experts on March 16 to discuss the vaccine's safety. Watch the video to know more.

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