AstraZeneca Vaccine Banned in Norway

Norway stopped using the AstraZeneca's vaccine on March 11 as a precautionary measure after rare blood clots occurred after vaccination, including deaths.

Norway has removed the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19, as it caused blood clots and deaths in people who were vaccinated, said Prime Minister Erna Solberg.

Solberg said on Wednesday that the decision was based on the advice of a committee of experts and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI), which recommended excluding the shots made by AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson due to the risk of very rare but serious side effects, DPA news agency reported.

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‘Along with Norway, Denmark too stopped using the AstraZeneca's vaccine, as a precautionary measure after rare blood clots occurred after vaccination, including deaths.’

Norway is also extending its temporary halt on the use of the Johnson & Johnson shot, but has not excluded it from its inoculation campaign for now, Solberg said.

The government is currently looking into offering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to those willing to receive it.

The country had not yet started using the Johnson & Johnson jab.

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The committee's recommendations were based partly on the current situation in Norway, where infections are low compared to other countries.

Norway stopped using the AstraZeneca's vaccine on March 11 as a precautionary measure after rare blood clots occurred after vaccination, including deaths. Some 138,000 people had received the vaccine up until then.

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