Earlier, the Austrian authorities decided to suspend the use of the batch of AstraZeneca vaccine as a precautionary measure in connection with the death of one vaccinated woman and the development of thromboembolism in another. Following Austria, the use of the AstraZeneca batch was also suspended by Estonia, Lithuania, Luxembourg and Latvia.
According to RT, experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) are studying reports of the refusal of the AstraZeneca vaccine in a number of EU countries.
“The WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety is carefully studying the incoming messages about the AstraZeneca vaccine”, – RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
It is noted that, “as soon as WHO has a full understanding of what happened, the organization will immediately publicly announce its findings or any changes to the current recommendations”.
Earlier, the Austrian authorities decided to suspend the use of the batch of AstraZeneca vaccine as a precautionary measure in connection with the death of one vaccinated woman and the development of thromboembolism in another. Following Austria, the use of the AstraZeneca batch was also suspended by Estonia, Lithuania, Luxembourg and Latvia. In addition, it became known that the Italian government is suspending the use of a batch of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine. Norway and Denmark are also suspending coronavirus vaccination with AstraZeneca.