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Thai Premier Delays AstraZeneca Shot Over Probe Into Blood Clots

  • Temporary halt follows reports of blood clots after the shot
  • European regulators still back vaccine as review is underway
WATCH: Some data surrounding AstraZeneca’s shot “is a little head-scratching,” according to Johns Hopkins Virologist Andrew Pekosz.Source: Bloomberg)
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Thailand joined Italy and a number of other European nations in temporarily suspending the use of AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine pending an investigation into whether it may trigger blood clots.

The decision comes even as European regulators renewed their support of the immunization developed by Cambridge-based AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford, saying there was no indication the shot caused the clots that occur in thousands of people every year.

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Thai Premier Delays AstraZeneca Shot Over Probe Into Blood Clots