After death: another European country suspends use of AstraZeneca vaccine

SOFIA.- Bulgaria announced on Friday “as a precaution” suspension of the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19, after three other countries followed suit, and opened an investigation after the death of a vaccinated woman.

“I have ordered that vaccinations with the AstraZeneca vaccine be suspended until the European Medicines Agency (EMA) raises all doubts about its safety,” Prime Minister Boiko Borisov said in a statement.

Bulgarian Health Minister Kostadin Anguelov later clarified that the measure was adopted after the death of a 57-year-old woman on Thursday evening in the south of the country. However, “No relationship has been established” between the death and his vaccination, carried out the day before, he stressed. The results of the autopsy are still unknown, but initial evidence indicates that the woman died of heart failure. She was overweight and had heart surgery.

Denmark, Norway and Iceland temporarily suspended use of the AstraZeneca vaccine on Thursday after some patients developed blood clots. blood. However, the EMA recommended continuing to administer the drug, after several countries in the region suspended its use due to the development of blood clots in people who had received it. “The benefits continue to outweigh the risks and the vaccine can continue to be administered,” stressed the EMA, while investigating suspected cases of clots leading to thrombosis.

Agencia AFP

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