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A host of EU capitals have expressed concern over a clause in the bloc’s contract with pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson that means most vaccines made in Europe must be sent to the US for bottling. The European Commission was said to have reassured governments but insiders fear doses will not be returned to member states because Washington has an export ban in place. And diplomats and officials believe this could have serious repercussions for Brussels’ plan to have 70 percent of all adults vaccinated by September 21..
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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 te
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More than a dozen EU member states have now suspended the use of the Oxford jab due to concerns about blood clots. Despite the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) advising against the suspension, EU leaders across the bloc have cancelled vaccination appointments this week.
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The EU is sitting on a mountain of tens of millions of unused Covid jabs, an Express.co.uk analysis has found. Member states’ stockpile includes almost eight million AstraZeneca shots after 17 capitals continued to halt distribution of it over unsubstantiated fears it causes blood clots. EU governments have used just 48 million doses out of the 62.2 million delivered to them, according to official data published by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.