Portugal also suspends AstraZeneca vaccine
The decision was announced late on Monday by the medicines regulator, Infarmed, and comes after several other European Union member states suspended use of the vaccine.
Portugal’s health authorities have decided to suspend the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19, citing the need for “precautions” relating to “public health”.
The decision was announced late on Monday by the medicines regulator, Infarmed, and comes after several other European Union member states suspended use of the vaccine following reports of the emergence of blood clotting episodes in patients who had been given the vaccine.
Infarmed had last week stressed that it had not changed its recommendation that the vaccine could be used for patients of all ages, despite the other EU countries’ decisions.
As for the AstraZeneca vaccines in Portugal, the country’s task-force coordinator said that 450,000 have already been administered and 200,000 are in stock. Regarding those who took the first dose.
