Austria earlier stopped using a batch of AstraZeneca shots while investigating a death from coagulation disorders and an illness from a pulmonary embolism. The Republic is administering the AstraZeneca vaccine only to those aged under 70, and has so far given roughly 100,000 doses. The State’s medicines regulator said it had received a “small number” of reports associated with blood clots following inoculation with the AstraZeneca vaccine. Italy, also on Thursday, said it would suspend use of an AstraZeneca batch different to the one used in Austria. Four other countries – Estonia, Lithuania, Luxembourg and Latvia – have stopped inoculations from the batch while investigations continue, the EMA said.

Source: The Irish Times March 11, 2021 11:17 UTC