{"id":228688,"date":"2021-03-16T10:25:52","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T14:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=228688"},"modified":"2021-03-16T10:26:02","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T14:26:02","slug":"multiple-countries-pause-use-of-astrazeneca-vaccine-over-blood-clotting-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/multiple-countries-pause-use-of-astrazeneca-vaccine-over-blood-clotting-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple Countries Pause Use Of AstraZeneca Vaccine Over Blood-Clotting Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmultiple-countries-pause-use-of-astrazeneca-vaccine-over-blood-clotting-concerns%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=228688&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1166.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Several European countries have suspended the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19 following reports of&nbsp;a potential blood-clotting issue.<\/p>\n<p>Norway was the first country to pause the inoculation, saying three people who received the vaccine were treated for severe blood clots and cerebral hemorrhages. Ireland did the same on Sunday, with health officials citing concerns over the reports from Norway, adding that they were doing so \u201cout of an abundance of caution,\u201d Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-health-coronavirus-ireland\/ireland-suspends-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN2B6069\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The people at the center of the reports were all \u201cof younger age\u201d and had a reduced number of platelets in their blood, the Norwegian Medicines Agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fhi.no\/nyheter\/2021\/meldinger-om-blodpropp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-id=\"63\" data-m=\"{&quot;i&quot;:63,&quot;p&quot;:59,&quot;n&quot;:&quot;partnerLink&quot;,&quot;y&quot;:24,&quot;o&quot;:4}\">said<\/a>&nbsp;in a statement on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Norwegian Medicines Agency has received several adverse reaction reports about younger vaccinated people who have had skin haemorrhages (small-spotted skin haemorrhages and \/ or larger or smaller blue spots) after coronary vaccination. This is serious and can be a sign of decreased platelet count,\u201d said the statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIreland\u2019s National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) recommended the temporary deferral pending the receipt of more information from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in the coming days,\u201d reported Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt may be nothing, we may be overreacting and I sincerely hope that in a week\u2019s time that we will have been accused of being overly-cautious,\u201d Ireland\u2019s deputy health minister told RTE, an Irish broadcaster, <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/public-global-health\/543145-ireland-halts-astrazeneca-vaccines\">according<\/a> to The Hill. \u201cHopefully we will have data to reassure us in a few short days and we will be back up and running with this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Netherlands followed, but the Dutch health ministry \u201csaid there was no proof yet of a direct link between the vaccine and reports of possible side-effects from Norway and Denmark and it had not recorded any cases in the Netherlands,\u201d The Guardian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/mar\/14\/ireland-suspends-oxford-astrazeneca-covid-vaccine-over-blood-clot-concerns\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Government officials there said they will wait for an investigation by the EMA. \u201cWe can\u2019t allow any doubts about the vaccine,\u201d Dutch health minister Hugo de Jonge said, according to the Guardian. \u201cWe have to make sure everything is right, so it is wise to pause for now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iceland also stopped the vaccine\u2019s distribution, as did Germany, France, Italy and Spain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOfficials at the World Health Organization (WHO) have said that there is no clear evidence of a link between AstraZeneca\u2019s vaccine and blood-clotting issues, a claim echoed by the company itself,\u201d said The Hill. \u201cThe vaccine is one of several being included in the WHO-led COVAX effort to distribute doses to poorer nations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere will be people who have been immunized who will die of other causes,\u201d said Mari\u00e2ngela Sim\u00e3o, a WHO deputy general. \u201cSo far the preliminary data we have seen does not lead to a causal relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, AstraZeneca on Sunday said it had reviewed reactions from more than 17 million people who have been vaccinated in the European Union and Britain, adding they found no evidence of increased risk of blood clots from the shots.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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