Spain has announced plans to stop administering the Covid-19 vaccine made by Oxford-AstraZeneca to people who are under 60 years old.
The change in criteria comes after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) found a âpossible linkâ between this vaccine and âvery rare cases of unusual blood clots with low blood platelets.â
Up until now, the vast majority of the 2.1 million AstraZeneca doses administered in Spain have gone to essential workers â mostly teachers and members of law enforcement agencies and emergency services â as well as to healthcare workers who were not immunized during the first phase, and to the general population between 60 and 65 years of age.
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ANGELA CHARLTON and LORNE COOK, Associated Press
March 17, 2021
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1of17A woman pick up a vial of AstraZeneca vaccine from the box Tuesday from a fridge while a box Monday is seen at left, in a vaccination center in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, southwestern France, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. With coronavirus cases rising in many places, governments faced the grimmest of dilemmas Tuesday: push on with a vaccine that is known to save lives or suspend use of AstraZeneca over reports of dangerous blood clots in a few recipients, even as the European regulator said there was no indication the shot was responsible.Bob Edme/APShow MoreShow Less