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French MEP slams 'laughing stock' EU over vaccine rollout
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The vaccine has been suspended in several countries throughout the bloc, including France, Germany and Ireland, over safety fears. EU nations are siting reports of blood clots as justification for halting the use of the jab, but Brussels has been accused of using the British-made vaccine as a political move. Throughout the continent, a small number of cases have emerged of blood clots developing in patients after they received the AstraZeneca vaccine, leading EU member states to temporarily suspend the shot as a precautionary measure.