WHO asks countries to continue using AstraZeneca vaccine

Palermo, AstraZeneca vaccine suspended by Aifa.

Source: IPA Milestone

More European countries are stopping their use of the vaccine over concerns about blood clots as a potential side-effect.


Confidence in the AstraZeneca vaccine against coronavirus is being shaken as more European countries suspend its usage. Some recipients have fallen ill but a link between the development of blood clots in patients and the doses hasn't been established.  The World Health Organisation's Mariangela Simao says the gains from inoculation are too great to miss out on.


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