Q&A: What's going on with the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine?

A healthcare worker holds up a vial of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19. Picture: AP Photo/Bruna Prado

Ireland has temporarily suspended the AstraZeneca vaccine while reviews are done into a small number of blood clotting incidents in vaccinated people in other countries.

No reports of similar events have yet been received in Ireland, according to the National Immunisation Advisory Committee. Over 124,000 doses of AstraZeneca were given here up to last Friday.