Denmark suspends using AstraZeneca vaccine entirely

Vials of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine at Copes Pharmacy and Travel Clinic in Streatham, south London. Picture date: Friday April 9, 2021.

Denmark has ceased giving the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine amid concerns about rare cases of blood clots, making it the first European country to stop using the vaccine entirely.

The move is expected to delay the country's vaccine programme by several weeks.