Denmark on Thursday said they had temporarily suspended the use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine after some patients developed blood clots after receiving the jab. The move came days after Austria stopped the use of a batch of AstraZeneca vaccine on Monday.
Danish health authorities said the country's decision to suspend the shots for two weeks came after a 60-year old woman, who was given an AstraZeneca shot from the same batch that was used in Austria, formed a blood clot and died, reported Reuters.
In Austria, a 49-year-old nurse died of “severe blood coagulation problem” days after she received the shot.
The Danish health authority has suspended the use of AstraZeneca for 14 days.
"It is currently not possible to conclude whether there is a link. We are acting early, it needs to be thoroughly investigated," Health Minister Magnus Heunicke said on Twitter.
Four other European countries—Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Luxemburg—have also suspended the use of AstraZeneca from the same batch.
Meanwhile, AstraZeneca told Reuters that the safety of its vaccine had been extensively studied in human trials and peer-reviewed data had confirmed the vaccine was generally well tolerated.
