European countries’ decisions on AstraZeneca Covid vaccine ‘not logical’ – expert

Sgt Phil Morris, Regimental Aid Post 4th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland, prepares the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine ahead of being administered to patients at the Elland Road vaccination centre in Leeds. Picture date: Monday February 8, 2021.

People across Europe will die from Covid-19 as a direct consequence of the decision to halt rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine, an expert from the UK’s vaccination committee has said.

Professor Jeremy Brown said the move by more than a dozen European countries to suspend the vaccine over blood clot fears was “not sensible” and was “not logical”.