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Health experts pore over AstraZeneca safety data as Europe reels from vaccine suspensions

Health experts pore over AstraZeneca safety data as Europe reels from vaccine suspensions

CAROLINE COPLEY, MATTHIAS BLAMONT and GUILIA SEGRETI  GLOBAL health experts have come under increasing pressure to clear up questions over the safety of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shot, as Sweden and Latvia joined countries suspending their use in a further blow to Europe's vaccination rollout. So far, a handful of cases of bleeding, blood clots and low platelet counts have arisen, compared with 45 million doses of various vaccines given in the European Union and its near neighbours. Germany has reported seven such cases, of which three died, out of 1.6 million people who received AstraZeneca. A World Health Organization (WHO) committee…
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