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Spain stops use of AstraZeneca vaccine for two weeks, says health minister

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Health personnel conduct antigen rapid tests for COVID-19 during a mass screening for coronavirus to test 25 percent of the population in Burgos, northern Spain, on November 21, 2020. (AFP)
Health personnel conduct antigen rapid tests for COVID-19 during a mass screening for coronavirus to test 25 percent of the population in Burgos, northern Spain, on November 21, 2020. (AFP)

Spain stops use of AstraZeneca vaccine for two weeks, says health minister

The Associated Press, Madrid

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Spain will stop using AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine for at least two weeks, Health Minister Carolina Darias said on Monday, joining a growing list of European countries hitting the brakes on the shot over concerns of severe side effects.

Earlier on Monday France, Germany and Italy had joined Denmark, Norway and several others in halting use of the drug after reports of blood clots in some patients who had received the vaccine.

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Read more: WHO says effective controls in place as nations pause AstraZeneca shots

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