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No reason not to use AstraZeneca

WHO: No reason not to use AstraZeneca

Agency says not a single death worldwide attributed to any Covid jab so far

Nurses prepare doses of AstraZeneca vaccine at the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute in Nonthaburi on Friday morning, before authorities called off an event at which Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and cabinet members were to be vaccinated. (Bloomberg Photo)

The World Health Organization said on Friday there was no reason to stop using the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine after several countries including Thailand suspended the rollout over blood clot fears.

The WHO, which said its vaccines advisory committee was examining the safety data coming in, stressed that no causal link had been established between the vaccine and clotting.

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