WHO insists it鈥檚 OK to keep using AstraZeneca jab
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The World Health Organization said there was no reason to stop using AstraZeneca鈥檚 COVID-19 vaccine after several countries suspended rollout over blood clot fears.
The WHO, which said its vaccines advisory committee was examining the safety data coming in, stressed that no causal link has been established between the AstraZeneca jab and clotting.
鈥淵es, we should continue using the AstraZeneca vaccine,鈥 WHO spokesperson Margaret Harris said, stressing that any concerns over safety must be investigated.
Britain-based AstraZeneca insisted its jab is safe, adding there is 鈥渘o evidence鈥 of higher blood clot risks.
The shadow cast over the AstraZeneca jab is adding to the European Union鈥檚 problems distributing vaccines.
Denmark, Norway and Iceland paused use of the drugmaker鈥檚 shot as a precaution after isolated reports of recipients developing blood clots.
Italy and Austria have banned the use of jabs from separate batches of AstraZeneca, and Thailand and Bulgaria said this week they would delay rollout.
In Spain at least five regions said they had suspended use of AstraZeneca vaccines from the suspect batch banned by Austria as a precautionary measure.
India will carry out a deeper review of post-vaccination side effects from the AstraZeneca shot this week although no cases of blood clots have been reported so far, the Hindustan Times daily quoted officials as saying on Saturday.
鈥淭he review is taking place as a matter of abundant precaution,鈥 NK Arora from the Indian COVID task force told the paper.
But several other countries, including Australia, said they would continue their rollouts as they had found no reason to alter course. Canada also said there was no evidence the jab causes adverse reactions.
In a fresh hit, the European Medicines Agency, EU鈥檚 drug regulator, said severe allergies should be added to the possible side effects of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
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