EU health ministers fail to agree common guidance on AstraZeneca shot
Brussels, BelgiumReuters European Union health ministers failed on Wednesday to agree a common guidance on the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, despite calls for coordination across member states to combat public hesitancy over taking the shot. Ministers held an extraordinary virtual meeting just after the European Medicines Agency changed its guidance on the vaccine […]
AstraZeneca vaccine’s global rollout faces more complications
Reuters The rollout of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, the shot much of the world is relying on to beat the pandemic, faced further complications on Thursday as India halted exports of the vaccine and Europe discussed its own export controls. India has put a temporary hold on all major exports of the Anglo-Swedish firm’s vaccine from […]
Health experts pore over AstraZeneca safety data as Europe reels from vaccine suspensions
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsReuters Global health experts came under increasing pressure on Tuesday to clear up questions over the safety of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 shot, as Sweden and Latvia joined countries suspending their use in a further blow to Europe’s vaccination rollout. The European Medicines Agency said it was investigating reports of 30 cases of unusual blood […]