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France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Ireland have joined a number of other European nations in temporarily suspending the administration of a COVID-19 vaccine made by AstraZeneca after reports of abnormal blood clotting in several people.
Germany's health minister Jens Spahn announced Monday that the country would suspend administering the AstraZeneca vaccine. Spahn said it was a precautionary measure following the recommendation of the Paul Erlich Institute, an agency of the health ministry.
"This is a professional decision, not a political one," Spahn said. In order to maintain confidence in the vaccine, he added, "we have to ...
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