Updated 15/03/2021 (10:15 GMT):
Ireland and the Netherlands have become the latest countries to suspend the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Experts in the UK have continued to be critical of the approach taken by certain countries in the EU, arguing that the suspensions are based on little evidence and could undermine trust in the vaccines.
Updated 15/03/2021 (16:00 GMT): France and Germany have followed suit, halting the use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca shot.
A number of European countries have suspended the rollout of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine following a small number of reports of people developing blood clots after getting the shot.
However, this move is just a precautionary measure. Out of the five million people in Europe who have received the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab, there have been 30 cases of thromboembolic events.
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