“The European Medicines Agency has declared the AstraZeneca vaccine safe.
The campaign to vaccinate the population with this drug will resume tomorrow afternoon, ”TASS quoted him as saying.
Kastex also confirmed his intention "to be vaccinated on Friday with this vaccine to show full confidence in this drug."
The head of the Ministry of Health of Germany, Jens Spahn, said that vaccination of AstraZeneca in Germany will resume on March 19.
Spanish Health Minister Carolina Darias said vaccinations with the drug will continue from next week.
Similar statements were made in Slovenia, Portugal, Bulgaria, Cyprus and other European countries.
On March 18, the expert committee on the safety of drugs of the European Medicines Agency, during an assessment of information on complications in those vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine against coronavirus, did not find an unambiguous connection between cases of thrombosis and the use of the drug.
Earlier, a number of European countries suspended vaccination with AstraZeneca due to possible side effects.