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Düsseldorf (dpa / lnw) - The chairman of the North Rhine National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, Frank Bergmann, considers restricted approval of the Astrazeneca vaccine to be possible.
“The experts examine whether there is a connection between the use of contraceptives, smoking and vaccinations.
Risks may have increased here.
Then there could perhaps be an approval with restrictions - for example only for certain age groups or, for example, without the simultaneous use of the pill, "said Bergmann of the" Rheinische Post "(Thursday).
Germany and other EU countries have stopped using the Astrazeneca vaccine for the time being.
The background to this are reports of blood clots (thromboses) in cerebral veins in relation to vaccinations.
Internationally, however, the preparation received backing on Wednesday.
The World Health Organization (WHO) advocated further use, as the benefits are greater, the risks.
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