EU health agency to give verdict on safety of AstraZeneca vaccine

Ireland temporarily suspended administration of the vaccine last weekend. Picture: PA

The European Medicine Agency’s safety committee will conclude its safety review of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine today, and issue a recommendation as to whether countries should continue to use the jab.

Ireland temporarily suspended administration of the vaccine last weekend, following reports from Norway of four incidents of serious blood clotting in adults who were inoculated.