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Experts urge Scots to continue getting AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine despite blood clot fears A number of countries have moved to temporarily suspend the rollout of the Oxford jab following reports of four serious blood clotting events in adults who have received the vaccine in Norway. Updated Ireland has joined a number of countries to temporarily halt the roll out of the AstraZeneca jab (Image: REUTERS) Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we wi...

It has not been confirmed that the reports of blood clots were caused by the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. People should still go and get their COVID-19 vaccine when asked to do so.

Germany, France, Spain and Italy are among a growing list of countries to have temporarily suspended the rollout of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines over reports of blood-clotting. Concern was raised last week when authorities in Denmark, Norway and Iceland halted use of the jab and several others stopped using specific batches of the AstraZeneca drug while investigating any possible link to coagulation disorders. The EU regulator, the European...

The approvals for the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines by UK regulators in December were moments of brilliance in the darkness of the pandemic.

Mar 23, 2021 / 01:38 PM EST (CNN) — The global rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has encountered another hurdle as a handful of countries paused their use of the shot following reports it could be connected to blood clots, despite no clear evidence of a link. AstraZeneca has robustly defended its vaccine, saying Friday there was “no evidence of an increased risk” of blood clots, and European and UK medicines regulators have each said the link between the vaccine and blood clots has not been confirmed and that rollouts should continue. After a group of European countr...