In order to avoid a slowdown of the vaccine rollout the committee recommended that the two jabs should be made available for people on a voluntary basis. "This is of course because of the serious side effects" observed in a small proportion of people who have been injected with these vaccines, Vorland added. Norway suspended AstraZeneca's vaccine on March 11 while its rare but potentially serious side effects were studied in more detail. US drugmaker Johnson & Johnson's vaccine has not yet been deployed in the country, but rare cases of thrombosis have been reported in the US. Neighbouring Denmark is the only country in Europe that has officially dropped AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson's vaccines, but many have restricted the use of AstraZeneca's to certain age groups.

Source: Mint May 10, 2021 11:26 UTC