Denmark has temporary stopped usage of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by AstraZeneca after several cases of blood clots among vaccinated people, the Danish health authority said.
It follows reports of “serious cases of blood clots among vaccinated people,” a statement read.
The Danish Health Authority stopped short of saying there was a direct link between the vaccine and the blood clots, “at the time being.”
The investigation is being carried out by corresponding agencies in other EU-countries as well as the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
The EMA is in charge of the evaluation and supervision of medicinal products in the EU bloc.
“Both we and the Danish Medicines Agency have to respond to reports of possible serious side-effects, both from Denmark and other European countries,” the director of the Danish Health Authority, Soren Brostrom, said in a statement.
A further six European countries have halted the use of a vaccine batch from AstraZeneca, the Danish authorities said.
Austria has stopped using a batch of AstraZeneca shots while investigating a death from coagulation disorders and an illness from a pulmonary embolism. – DW
