18th Mar 2021 19:42
(Alliance News) - Germany will resume vaccinations with AstraZeneca PLC's Covid-19 jabs from Friday, Health Minister Jens Spahn said, after the European regulator EMA assessed it was "safe and effective" to use.
"The common aim of the federal government and all 16 states is for vaccinations with AstraZeneca to start again already tomorrow," said Spahn.
The health minister took pains to justify the decision to suspend use of the vaccine on Monday for the EMA to examine a handful of cases of cerebral vein thrombosis that emerged.
"The course of events this week shows that citizens can trust that they will be informed transparently and they can trust that careful checks will be carried out," added Spahn.
Doctors would have to inform patients about the possible blood clotting risk before giving them the jabs, he said.Â
Critics had complained that the decision to halt use of AstraZeneca's vaccine over the last days only served to fuel mistrust over the jabs and further delay Germany's already stuttering inoculation campaign.
source: AFP
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