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Germany Joins Growing List of Countries to Suspend Astra Vaccine

  • Measures will mean further delays for EU inoculation campaign
  • Italy has seized hundreds of thousands of Astra shots
Photographer: Andre Malerba/Bloomberg
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Germany suspended use of AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine amid a growing health scare that’s creating yet another delay for the European Union’s inoculation campaign.

The country cited the recommendation of the Paul Ehrlich Institute, which oversees vaccine safety, according to a statement from the health ministry on Monday.