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FILE PHOTO: Staff member handles AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines in storage at Region Hovedstaden s Vaccine Center, Copenhagen, Denmark February 11, 2021. Ritzau Scanpix/Liselotte Sabroe via REUTERS
ZURICH (Reuters) - Denmark is examining options for sharing AstraZeneca’s vaccines with poorer nations after it halted use of the shots over concerns about rare blood clots, the World Health Organization’s Europe head said on Thursday.
Denmark this week became the first country to stop using AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine altogether, as European officials investigate reports of very rare blood clots combined with low platelet counts that have occurred in the bloc, as well as Britain.
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Denmark s government has not yet decided what to do with its leftover AstraZeneca (AZN.L) COVID-19 vaccines after authorities halted use of the shot over concerns about rare blood clots, the Danish health ministry said in a statement.
The World Health Organization s Europe head said on Thursday Denmark was looking at options for sharing the vaccines with poorer nations. read more
Local news wire Ritzau also reported on Thursday the government had asked health authorities to examine how the vaccines could be administered to Danes willing to take it.
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Denmark undecided on fate of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines: Health ministry
FILE PHOTO: Vials labelled with broken sticker AstraZeneca COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccine are seen in front of a displayed Denmark flag in this illustration taken March 15, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
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COPENHAGEN: Denmark s government has not yet decided what to do with its leftover AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines after authorities halted use of the shot over concerns about rare blood clots, the Danish health ministry said in a statement.
The World Health Organization s Europe head said on Thursday Denmark was looking at options for sharing the vaccines with poorer nations.
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