Speaking at a Downing Street press briefing today, she said the benefits "firmly remain to outweigh the risks". The European Medicines Agency this afternoon declared the jab safe after a number of countries halted its use. Boris Johnson said he would receive an AstraZeneca vaccine and said research had shown the jab was safe. He stated from a briefing at Downing Street: "The Oxford vaccine is safe, the Pfizer vaccine is safe, the thing that isn't safe is catching Covid." England's chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty echoed Mr Johnson's view, calling on people to continue taking vaccine when offered.

Source: Daily Mirror March 18, 2021 18:25 UTC