Boris Johnson has insisted the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is safe after a host of EU countries, including Germany, France, Italy and Spain, suspended using it, with the Daily Express saying the mass revolt was criticised as likely to do “more harm than good”.
The Daily Mail reports European leaders have been accused of risking lives by suspending use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 jab while reports of blood clots were investigated. Scientists have insisted all the evidence pointed to the handful of adverse cases being coincidental.
The EU’s coronavirus vaccination drive has been thrown into fresh turmoil after major European nations suspended the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab over blood clot fears, according to The Daily Telegraph.
Europe’s medicines regulator has moved to stifle concern about the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, saying the benefits outweigh the risks after Germany, France, Italy and Spain temporarily halted its use over reported incidents of blood clots, according to The Guardian.
European countries including Germany, France, Italy and Spain have suspended use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, even though medicines regulators and the World Health Organisation say there is no evidence of problems, reports the international edition of the Financial Times.
As several European countries halt administering the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine over blood clot fears, with 37 “thromboembolic events” recorded among 17 million recipients, the company said the incidence of clots was much lower than would be expected to occur naturally in a population of this size, says The Independent.
Home Secretary Priti Patel has told of her heartache at Sarah Everard’s death – and has promised to make women’s fear of violence on Britain’s streets a priority, reports Metro.
The “British spirit” is beating COVID-19, the Daily Express says.See the UK’s latest coronavirus figures here.
The Daily Star raises concerns about people who reserve pub tables but don’t show up, as the reopening of pubs draws closer.See the UK’s latest coronavirus figures here.
