EU medicines regulator to report on AstraZeneca Covid vaccine safety
by Jon Henley Europe correspondent from on (#5FG5W)
Medicines agency under pressure to clear up blood clot concerns and take brakes off Europe's vaccination drive
Europe's medicines regulator is under mounting pressure to clear up safety concerns over the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid vaccine as experts warned that arguably political decisions to pause it in many countries risked seriously delaying the continent's already sluggish vaccination drive.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is due on Thursday to announce the findings of its investigation into cases of bleeding, blood clots and low platelet counts in 30 of the vaccine's recipients that have led many European countries to suspend it.
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