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Amid concerns over possible side-effects, Greece stands by Oxford vaccine

With a spate of EU countries having suspended administration of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine due to inconclusive indications of a possible connection of the vaccine to thrombosis in a minuscule percentage of those who received the vaccine, Greece has said it will continue to use it in its ongoing rollout.

CNCAV: Romania will continue vaccination campaign with all vaccines authorized at European level

In Romania, the immunization campaign will continue with all the vaccines against COVID-19 currently authorized at the European level, according to the National Coordinating Committee for Vaccination Activities against COVID-19 (CNCAV).

Slovenia temporarily halts AstraZeneca vaccine use

Ljubljana – Slovenia has decided to temporarily halt the use of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine pending a decision by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).

Health Minister Janez Poklukar said Monday the Slovenian expert group for vaccines had not found reasonable grounds to stop using the jab.

Slovenian experts say no reasons to suspend vaccination with AstraZeneca

Ljubljana – The Covid-19 vaccination advisory group of the National Public Health Institute (NIJZ) has said that, for the time being, there are not reasons to suspend vaccination with any of the Covid-19 vaccines, with monitoring showing that they do not cause blood clots and, if they do, this happens very rarely.

CNCAV specialists: No reasons to interrupt vaccination with AstraZeneca

Specialists of the National Committee for the Coordination of anti-COVID-19 Vaccination Activities (CNCAV) state that "there are no scientific and regulatory reasons for discontinuing the vaccination with AstraZeneca." A debate on this topic was organized on the 'Ro Vaccinare' official Facebook page.

Fatal Emergency Precipitated Urgent Suspension of AstraZeneca Vaccine in Bulgaria

 

The urgent suspension of immunizations with AstraZeneca vaccine in Bulgaria stems from an emergency case.  

"The decision to stop vaccination with Astra Zeneca results from a fatality in a woman 57 years old with many comorbidities. We await the conclusion of the forensics. There is definitely no thrombus formation diagnosed.

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