Niti Aayog member V K Paul's remark comes days after several European countries, including Spain, Germany, France, Italy, , suspended the use of the vaccine over blood clot concerns
Johnson on Wednesday indicated that the best safety endorsement he can think of for the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is to confirm that he would be receiving the jab
Europe's Covid-19 toll surpassed the grim milestone of over 900,000 deaths.
The EU regulator will release its findings on Thursday but its head, Emer Cooke, said she saw no reason to change its recommendation of AstraZeneca - one of four vaccines that it has approved for use.
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization said it was basing its new guidelines on three recent real-world studies that examined the effectiveness of the vaccine
EMA Executive Director Emer Cooke said there was no indication that the blood clot incidents, which he called 'very rare' had been caused by the vaccine
The head of the European Medicines Agency says there is no indication that AstraZeneca vaccines are the cause of blood clots reported in some shot recipients
The German government said Tuesday it will postpone a virtual summit on the country's vaccination efforts
This comes amid reports of dangerous blood clots in some recipients
WHO said that it was still conducting its safety review of the AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccine as more European countries have suspended the use of this jab
An additional number of European countries -- France Germany, Italy, Spain, Slovenia, Cyprus, Portugal -- have also suspended the use of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine over blood clot concerns
The moves by some of Europe's largest and most populous countries will deepen concerns about the slow rollout of vaccines in the region
Several other European countries have temporarily halted use of the AstraZeneca vaccine in recent days to investigate cases of blood clots that occurred after vaccination
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Several European countries have suspended the use of the vaccine
The Dutch authorities are halting the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine against the coronavirus amid concerns over recent blood clotting incidents
More European countries have suspended the use of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and University of Oxford following reports of several suspected deaths from clotting after inoculation
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the WHO said that the UN health agency systematically reviews safety signals, and is carefully assessing the current reports on the AstraZeneca vaccine
The British drugmaker completed enrollment in its trial of more than 32,000 volunteers in January and now has data on at least 150 cases of Covid-19
AstraZeneca said 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