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This week’s suspension of the AstraZeneca vaccine should not impact on our ability to ease coronavirus restrictions.
Health officials paused the rollout of the jab over the weekend amid reports of blood clotting in four adults who had been vaccinated in Norway.
The decision was taken, “
on the precautionary principle” while the European Medicines Agency (EMA) investigates the reports.
AstraZeneca has noted that around 17 million people have already received the jab – with the number of reported blood clots actually lower than would be expected among the general population.
It means that 30,000 AstraZeneca doses will not be administered over the coming days – cutting this week’s vaccination target from 80,000 to 50,000.