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AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine rollout will not be paused over clot concerns, Australian Chief Medical Officer says
Australia will not pause the rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine, despite up to a dozen countries deciding to do so.
Key points:
- Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly says there is no reason to pause the AstraZeneca vaccine rollout
- He says there has been no increased incidence of blood clots in Australians who have received the vaccine
- In Europe, the list of countries pausing the rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine continues to grow
Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly said the government’s expert group on vaccines met today and decided, “based on the evidence, there was no reason to pause the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine in Australia”.
He said the experts had looked at the rollout of the vaccine in the UK, where 11 million people had received…
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