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Controversy over the safety of the AstraZeneca vaccine is now spreading into confusion.
A growing number of countries are restricting vaccination as the European Medicines Agency says there is a link between vaccines and specific thrombosis.
This is reporter Kim Jung-woo.
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Portugal, Spain and Italy have temporarily halted AstraZeneca vaccination for citizens under the age of 60.
Australian health authorities, which rely entirely on the AstraZeneca vaccine, are also recommending prioritizing Pfizer vaccines to people under the age of 50.
The reason for this change is that the European Medicines Agency has recognized the side effects of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
However, the AstraZeneca vaccination is more profitable than the real one, and the rate of vaccination is much higher as the age group increases, so the vaccination age is limited.
Earlier, the UK also recommended another vaccine for those under the age of 30.
[Jun Lane/Chief of the UK Drug Regulatory Authority: (AZ) Looking at the gains and losses, the elderly were much higher and the younger were lower.]
But not only this, countries that stop vaccination are also appearing one after another.
After the announcement of the European Medicines Agency, Norway and Denmark stopped vaccination, and the African Union has expressed concerns about the side effects of the vaccine, excluding AstraZeneca vaccine from its own procurement plan for the corona vaccine altogether.
The World Health Organization said, "There is a link between vaccines and blood clots, but it has not been accurately identified."