EU Health Ministers Debate Astra Shot After Halting Vaccine Bloomberg 3/16/2021 John Follain and Tim Loh (Bloomberg) -- European health ministers are discussing the future of AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine as they await fresh guidance from the region’s drug regulator in response to concerns about health risks. The European Medicines Agency will hold a press conference on Tuesday afternoon, bringing forward a planned review by two days amid a fresh vaccine crisis. A growing number of countries have suspended use of Astra’s shot to examine side effects, potentially throwing the region’s already slow inoculation campaign further off track.