Bulgaria suspends AstraZeneca vaccine use
Over safety concerns, but WHO say
12 March, 17:07"I order a halt in vaccinations with the AstraZeneca vaccine until the European Medicines Agency dismisses all doubts about its safety," said a government press service statement quoting Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. The prime minister requested "a written statement with an accurate and clearly confirmed diagnosis -- can we or can we not administer it", the statement added. Health Minister Kostadin Angelov said the halt was in response to the death of a woman in the central city of Plovdiv.
World Health Organization insists there is no reason to stop using the AstraZeneca vaccine after several countries postpone or limit its rollout amid blood clot fears. (ANSA-AFP).