Iran Press/Europe: Denmark, Norway, and Iceland have paused use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine while investigators look into several cases of blood clots among vaccinated people.
Denmark has halted its use of the coronavirus vaccine for at least 14 days in response to the cases, the country's health authority said Thursday, according to Business Insider.
One of these cases was related to a death in Denmark, it said. This follows Austrian authorities saying Sunday that a 49-year-old woman had died as a result of severe coagulation disorders after taking the shot.
Magnus Heunicke, the Danish health minister, said it wasn't clear whether the blood clots were linked to the vaccine.
Around three hours after Denmark's announcement, Norwegian officials said they would also suspend use of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
The Financial Times first reported that Iceland had also suspended the use of the vaccine, and Kjartan Njálsson, assistant to the director of health in Iceland, told CNN that officials were awaiting advice from the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
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