Source: Government of Norway
Sweden and Iceland want to borrow Norwegian doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine which are in storage with the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. Norway plans to lend doses to Sweden and Iceland as long as use of the vaccine is paused in this country.
“I am pleased that the vaccines we have in storage will be used even though rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine has been paused in Norway. If use of the AstraZeneca vaccine resumes, the doses we lend out will be returned as soon as we ask for them. Sweden and Iceland will then return doses from their first deliveries of AstraZeneca vaccines”, says Minister of Health and Care Services Bent Høie.
Norway lends AstraZeneca vaccine jabs to Sweden, Iceland
April 22, 2021 GMT
FILE - In this April 9, 2021 file photo syringes are prepared to administer the AstraZeneca vacci.
FILE - In this April 9, 2021 file photo syringes are prepared to administer the AstraZeneca vacci.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) Norway will lend all of its 216,000 doses of AstraZeneca to neighboring Sweden and Iceland as long as its own government regulator has paused the use of the vaccine.
On March 11, Norway followed Denmark in deciding to put on hold jabs by the British-Swedish company after reports of very rare blood clots.
Health Minister Bent Hoeie said if the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine is resumed, “we will get back the doses we lend as soon as we request it.”
Norway has lent all 216,000 of its AstraZeneca COVID-19 jabs to neighbouring Sweden and Iceland.
Norway s Health Ministry said the doses would be loaned only if the country continues to suspend the use of the AstraZeneca jab (Vaxzevria).
On March 11, Norway followed Denmark in deciding to pause the rollout of the jabs by the British-Swedish company after reports of extremely rare blood clots and continued to innoculate citizens with other jabs developed by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna. Sweden and Iceland want to borrow Norwegian doses of vaccines from AstraZeneca that are in stock at the National Institute of Public Health, the ministry said in a statement.
2021/04/22 20:01 FILE - In this April 9, 2021 file photo syringes are prepared to administer the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 during a vaccination campaign at . FILE - In this April 9, 2021 file photo syringes are prepared to administer the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 during a vaccination campaign at WiZink indoor arena in Madrid, Spain. =Countries in the European Union have ramped up the vaccination after sluggish start. The uptick comes as countries across Europe also grapple with a rise in infections that has pushed the EU’s overall number of confirmed cases close to 30 million. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, file) COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) Norway will lend all of its 216,000 doses of AstraZeneca to neighboring Sweden and Iceland as long as its own government regulator has paused the use of the vaccine.
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