Denmark has suspended AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine over concerns about blood clots
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- The Danish health authority said Thursday it would stop using AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine.
- There were several cases of blood clots among vaccinated people, it said.
- The country's health minister said it wasn't clear whether the blood clots were linked to the vaccine.
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Denmark has stopped using AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine because of potential serious side effects.
The country has halted use of the vaccine for at least 14 days after several cases of blood clots among vaccinated people, the Danish health authority said Thursday. One of these was related to a death in Denmark, it said.
The authority said that it wasn't yet clear whether the clots were linked to the vaccine.
Insider has approached AstraZeneca for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
One person was diagnosed with multiple blood clots in the vessels, and died 10 days after vaccination, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said Wednesday.
The EMA noted two other "thrombotic events" in people that had received the vaccines.
"There is currently no indication that vaccination has caused these conditions, which are not listed as side effects with this vaccine," the EMA said, but added it had launched an investigation.
The vaccine has been granted conditional marketing authorization or emergency use in more than 50 countries, including the UK and the EU.
Shares in AstraZeneca slipped over 2% after Denmark announced its plan to halt the vaccine.
This is a developing story.
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