WHO report on origins of Covid to be unveiled “very likely” next week
“The report is just not ready,” World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson Christian Lindmeier said at a UN press briefing in Geneva. “What we are hearing from members of the mission is that the report will most likely be released next week,” he added. The publication of this report is...
Coronavirus around the world: Swiss pharmaceutical group Roche launches diagnostic test to detect virus variations
EUROPE Many European countries, including Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Latvia are suspending the use of AstraZeneca / Oxford vaccine against Covid-19 as a precaution, after the report of “possible” side effects but without a proven link for the time being. Blood clots have been seen in people...
Should a person who has had side effects after the first dose be afraid of the second injection?
Vaccination leads to its share of undesirable cases. While some people do without any symptoms, others will experience side effects that are quite normal but they would have been okay without. Flu symptoms, pain in the arm or in the joints or even vomiting … Vaccinees who suffered after...
Should Belgium follow suit and suspend AstraZeneca? “Alongside the political choice, we have to think about public health”
Health Simon legros Subscribers Published on 03-15-21 at 8:52 p.m. – Updated 03-15-21 at 11:15 p.m. © Montage (DR and Shutterstock) Some countries have chosen the precautionary measure by temporarily suspending the AstraZeneca vaccine. This is not the case for Belgium. For Eric Muraille, biologist and immunologist at ULB,...
Belgium continues with the AstraZeneca vaccine: Yves Van Laethem and Frank Vandenbroucke explain themselves
The list of countries temporarily suspending the AstraZeneca vaccine because of potential serious side effects was further extended on Monday, with in particular Germany, France and Spain. But Belgium finally communicated at the end of the day: it is not giving up the AstraZeneca vaccine for the moment and...
Germany, France, Italy and Spain suspend use of AstraZeneca vaccine
Germany, for its part, is suspending the use of the Covid-19 vaccine from the Anglo-Swedish laboratory AstraZeneca “as a preventive measure” after the reporting of side effects, the Ministry of Health announced on Monday. The Paul-Ehrlich Medical Institute, which advises the government, “believes that other examinations (are) necessary” after...
WHO recommends continuing vaccination but meets on Tuesday
Countries should continue to vaccinate with AstraZeneca’s anti-Covid-19 serum, the chief scientist of the World Health Organization said on Monday, which will convene its group of experts on Tuesday to study the safety of the vaccine. “We don’t want people to panic and, for now, we recommend that countries...
AstraZeneca vaccine side effects: 10 possible cases of blood clots in the Netherlands
The Dutch Ministry of Health announced Sunday to suspend for two weeks the use of the vaccine developed by the Swedish-British laboratory AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford, after the report of cases of blood clots in particular in Denmark and Norway. The Lareb center, which is responsible for...
“Unusual” symptoms in person who died in Denmark after injection of AstraZeneca vaccine
Denmark suspended on Thursday, as a precaution, the use of the Anglo-Swedish company’s vaccine against Covid-19 due to fears related to the formation of blood clots in some vaccinated people. Cases of thrombosis have also been reported in Norway, prompting the country to suspend use of the AstraZeneca vaccine....
AstraZeneca vaccine co-developer responds to recent concerns: “Very reassuring evidence”
There is “very reassuring evidence that there is no increase in the blood clot phenomenon here in the UK, where most of the doses in Europe have been administered so far,” said Monday to the BBC Professor Andrew Pollard, director of the Oxford Vaccine Group which developed the vaccine...