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UPDATE 3-Indonesia turns to China for more vaccines after AstraZeneca delays Reuters 4 hrs ago
By Stanley Widianto
JAKARTA, April 8 (Reuters) - Indonesia is in talks with China to secure as many as 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to plug a gap in deliveries after delays in arrivals of AstraZeneca shots, the health minister said on Thursday.
Indonesia would receive 20 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine via a bilateral deal in 2021, instead of 50 million initially agreed, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin told a parliamentary hearing.
The remaining 30 million doses were due to be shipped by the second quarter of 2022, he said.
Budi said the government had embarked on a discussion with the Chinese government to ask for an additional 90-100 million (doses) .
By Gwladys Fouche, Terje Solsvik
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OSLO, March 13 (Reuters) - Three health workers in Norway who had recently received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine are being treated in hospital for bleeding, blood clots and a low count of blood platelets, Norwegian health authorities said on Saturday.
Norway halted the rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine on Thursday, following a similar move by Denmark. Iceland later followed suit.
“We do not know if the cases are linked to the vaccine,” Sigurd Hortemo, a senior doctor at the Norwegian Medicines Agency told a news conference held jointly with the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.