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Denmark halts all AstraZeneca vaccinations

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Soeren Brostroem, Director of Denmark's Board of Health, at a press briefing in Copenhagen

Soeren Brostroem, Director of Denmark's Board of Health, at a press briefing in Copenhagen Source: AAP

Denmark has become the first country to announce it will permanently stop using AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, over a potential link to a rare but serious form of blood clot.

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Denmark has become the first country to announce it will permanently stop using AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, over a potential link to a rare but serious form of blood clot.

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