Oxford University is partnered with AstraZeneca on the vaccine
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday announced getting inoculated with the AstraZeneca vaccine on Friday
Spain, Cyprus, Italy and France will resume administering the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said it was 'safe and effective'
Britain will have to slow its vaccine rollout next month due to a supply crunch caused by a delay in a shipment of AstraZeneca shots from India and the need to test the stability of 1.7 million doses
Caccine is 'safe and effective' and benefits outweigh any risks, says EMA
Several large European economies have had to reimpose lockdowns as caseloads rise, while vaccination programs are slowing due to concerns about side effects of the AstraZeneca vaccine
Germany, France and others had said they wanted to wait for the European Medicines Agency's determination before deciding whether to resume using the vaccine
Britain is using vaccines made by Pfizer and AstraZeneca, with 10 million doses of the 100 million ordered from AstraZeneca coming from the Serum Institute.
The world is awaiting a decision from Europe's top medical regulator
Top WHO official calls blood clots in AstraZeneca jab 'very rare'
Several European countries have paused the use of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine due to worries over possible side effects
The European Union's chief executive criticised Anglo-Swedish vaccine-maker AstraZeneca on Wednesday
Niti Aayog member V K Paul's remark comes days after several European countries, including Spain, Germany, France, Italy, , suspended the use of the vaccine over blood clot concerns
Johnson on Wednesday indicated that the best safety endorsement he can think of for the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is to confirm that he would be receiving the jab
Europe's Covid-19 toll surpassed the grim milestone of over 900,000 deaths.
The EU regulator will release its findings on Thursday but its head, Emer Cooke, said she saw no reason to change its recommendation of AstraZeneca - one of four vaccines that it has approved for use.
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization said it was basing its new guidelines on three recent real-world studies that examined the effectiveness of the vaccine
EMA Executive Director Emer Cooke said there was no indication that the blood clot incidents, which he called 'very rare' had been caused by the vaccine
The head of the European Medicines Agency says there is no indication that AstraZeneca vaccines are the cause of blood clots reported in some shot recipients
The German government said Tuesday it will postpone a virtual summit on the country's vaccination efforts