At least 18 countries have suspended the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine administration across the world despite the World Health Organisation(WHO) and European regulators expressing confidence in its safety.
This follows reports of blood clot in people that received the vaccine in some parts of Europe and Oceania.
Italy, Iceland, Bulgaria, Thailand, Congo, Estonia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Romania, and Latvia are among the countries that have suspended the vaccine.
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Others Austria, South Africa, Norway, Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands, Germany, and France. Germany and France.
The company said there was no scientific evidence of any link between its coronavirus vaccine and recent deaths in Europe from blood clots.
Nigeria is currently innoculating 3.94 million doses of the vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII) but despite suspension of the vaccine by other countries, the Nigerian government, on March 12, insisted on going ahead with the administration of the vaccine in the country.
