Which countries have temporarily suspended Ast …

Eight countries in Europe have temporarily suspended vaccination with AstraZeneca supply, following reports of diagnosed coagulation problems. Italy, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia and Luxembourg are the territories that have already chosen to stop requests, while Spain postponed the decision of the ‘administer to persons over 55 years of age.

As reported by the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA), they decided to block the inoculation of the doses of batch ABV2856 and reserved the right to take further measures. They pointed out that so far “no causal link has been established between the administration of the vaccine and these events” detected in other countries and that the necessary controls are underway, collecting the relevant clinical documentation.

For its part, in Spain, the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System decided on Thursday to postpone the decision to administer the AstraZeneca vaccine to over 55s and to maintain the recommendation to use this drug only in those under 55 years.

The Danish Directorate General for Health (SST) announced the temporary suspension of the AstraZeneca vaccine for 14 days after recording “severe cases of thrombosis” in people who received it.

Subsequently, Norway announced it was suspending use of the vaccine, citing the incidences detected in Denmark. “We will wait and see if there is a link between the vaccine and these cases of thrombosis,” Geir Bukholm, director of infections at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI), told a press conference.

According to the Financial Times, Iceland is also one of the countries that have signed up to these measures and, according to EFE added, other countries such as Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia and Luxembourg have also opted for measures. similar in other AstraZeneca batches,