In England, millions of people have been vaccinated with the Oxford vaccine and there have been no cases of thrombosis. “There is no evidence of a link between the AstraZeneca vaccine and the formation of blood clots, so there is no reason to refuse it,” said Margaret Harris, representative of the World Health Organization, during a briefing on Friday. According to her, this is an excellent vaccine that should be used in the future.
More than 11 million people in the UK and 5 million in the EU have already been vaccinated with AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine, also known as the Oxford vaccine because it was developed in collaboration with the University of Oxford. This week, Bulgaria, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Thailand suspended the use of the drug. The Prime Minister of Thailand, who had planned to get vaccinated publicly on Friday to set an example for his fellow citizens, has changed his mind. These measures were taken after about 30 people in Denmark complained of blood clotting problems after receiving the Oxford vaccine. A 50-year-old man in Italy died as a result, and another death occurred in Denmark.
Vaccination from a helicopter: How people in remote areas of the Amazon are being vaccinated against Covid-19. Bulgaria has joined the skeptics. “I have ordered a halt to the AstraZeneca vaccine until the European Medicines Agency dispels all doubts about its safety,” said Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. The European agency previously said it had no evidence of a link between AstraZeneca’s vaccines and the occurrence of blood clots, adding that “in this case, the benefits outweigh the risks.” Now the World Health Organization has echoed this sentiment. The organization is carefully reviewing the available information, and a cause-and-effect relationship between AstraZeneca vaccines and the development of health problems in some patients has not been established, the organization said. The vaccine’s developer, an Anglo-Swedish company, insists that the drug’s safety has been thoroughly tested during clinical trials.
Israel is vaccinating its population against coronavirus faster than other countries. How do they do it? Several countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Portugal, South Korea, Mexico and the Philippines, have said they will continue to vaccinate their populations with AstraZeneca’s product. In the United Kingdom, where millions of people have received AstraZeneca’s vaccine, no cases of thrombosis have been reported following vaccination. The vaccine, developed by scientists at the University of Oxford and produced by AstraZeneca, is based on a weakened variant of the common cold virus (adenovirus) derived from chimpanzees. It is slightly modified to resemble the coronavirus, but it cannot cause Covid-19. Once inside the human body, it “trains” the immune system to fight the actual coronavirus.
If you’re not wearing a mask, get ready to meet a wrestler. “Medical experts have confirmed that AstraZeneca’s vaccine is safe and we will continue to vaccinate. Common sense must prevail,” said Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton. German Health Minister Jens Spahn expressed his disagreement with the positions of countries that are suspending vaccination. In Europe, it is already progressing slowly due to a lack of drugs. Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz recently complained that some EU countries are making separate deals with vaccine manufacturers instead of sharing them proportionally based on population size. For example, Germany purchased 30 million doses of Pfizer BioNTech’s vaccine in September last year. The country’s health ministry confirmed the fact in January.
After a decline in recent months, some European countries are seeing a resurgence in disease rates. These include France, Italy, Poland and Turkey. Experts attribute this to the emergence of new virus variants. In Italy, where the death toll since the start of the pandemic recently topped 100,000 (the second highest in Europe after Britain), believers are preparing to celebrate Catholic Easter at home on April 4. The government is expected to announce a new strict lockdown in the near future, allowing people to leave their homes only for work, medical appointments, and basic shopping. Schools will return to distance learning.