In the EU, leaders will now face the question of how to rebuild any trust in the AstraZeneca vaccine that has been lost over the past week. In France, an Elabe poll showed this week that only 22% of the population now trusts the AstraZeneca vaccine. And in some European countries, the clamor to make up for lost time began immediately. There is "no increase in overall risk of blood clots" with the AstraZeneca vaccine," added Dr. Sabine Straus, chair of the EMA's Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC). The agency noted there "have been very rare cases of unusual blood clots accompanied by low levels of blood platelets" after vaccination.

Source: CNN March 18, 2021 16:14 UTC