Prognosis
Europe Restarts AstraZeneca Vaccines After Safety Endorsement
- EMA says it’s safe, but recommends a warning over rare cases
- France introduces new Paris lockdown to contain coronavirus
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European countries including Germany and France will restart using AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine after the European Union’s drug regulator endorsed it as safe and said it isn’t linked to an increase in the risk of blood clots.
The fresh guidance from the European Medicines Agency follows suspensions by governments that added to the hurdles facing the EU’s inoculation campaign. Italy, Spain, Bulgaria, Portugal and Slovenia are among countries that will also resume dispensing Astra’s dose, though Sweden is keeping it on hold as it continues its own review.