Regulator Vouches for AstraZeneca, Despite Suspension by European Countries
The suspension impedes Europe’s already troubled vaccination campaign amid a third coronavirus wave. Europe’s top drug regulator said there was no sign that the shot had caused dangerous side effects.
A drive-through vaccination center in Milan on Monday, the day Italy suspended use of the AstraZeneca vaccine.Credit.Alessandro Grassani for The New York Times
Published March 16, 2021Updated March 23, 2021
LONDON After the European Union’s biggest countries suspended the use of AstraZeneca’s vaccine, the continent’s top drug regulator pushed back hard on Tuesday against fears about the shot, saying there was no sign of its causing rare but dangerous problems, and strong evidence that its lifesaving benefits “outweigh the risk of the side effects.”
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