The European Medicines Agency (EMA) safety committee has concluded that the AstraZeneca vaccine’s proven efficacy in preventing hospitalization and death from COVID-19 outweighs the extremely small...
Global health experts came under increasing pressure on Tuesday (16 March) to clear up questions over the safety of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 shot, as Sweden and Latvia...
In an update on vaccination dose delivery (17 March), European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen singled out AstraZeneca who had “unfortunately” under-produced and under-delivered. She...
Germany, France and Italy said on Monday (15 March) they would suspend AstraZeneca COVID-19 shots after several countries reported possible serious side-effects, but the World Health...
Thailand will start using the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine today (16 March) after a brief delay due to concerns over its safety, officials said, with the prime...
Ireland’s National Immunisation Advisory Committee recommended the temporary deferral of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday (14 March) following new information received from the Norwegian Medicines Agency,...
Australia has asked the European Commission to review its decision to block a shipment of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, as countries importing EU-made shots fear a potential...
