Several health authorities in Germany announced Tuesday that they were again suspending the use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine for residents under age 60 amid fresh reports of unusual blood clots in people who recently received the shots. The meeting was called after Germany’s medical regulator announced that it had received 31 reports of rare blood clots in people who recently received the AstraZeneca vaccine. AdvertisementEarlier Tuesday, two state-owned hospitals in Berlin announced that they had stopped giving the AstraZeneca vaccine to female staff members under 55. The heads of five university hospitals in western Germany called for a temporary halt to the vaccine for all younger women, citing the blood-clot risk. “That’s why the AstraZeneca vaccine should be primarily used in older people,” he said.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 30, 2021 12:48 UTC