Amid panic over AstraZeneca vaccine, WHO urges countries to keep using it
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Enlarge / Vials in front of the AstraZeneca British biopharmaceutical company logo are seen in this creative photo taken on 18 November 2020. (credit: Getty| NurPhoto)
The World Health Organization is urging countries to continue using AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine as fears linking the shots to blood clots continue to spread wildly.
More than a dozen countries have recently suspended or curtailed use of the vaccine, including Germany, France, Italy, and Spain. Sweden and Luxembourg were among the latest to pause vaccinations on Tuesday.
The suspensions were prompted by a handful of reports that people developed blood clots sometime after receiving the vaccine. A few of the people later died.
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