The European Medicines Agency (EMA) says the AstraZeneca
COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective.
The EU drug regulator met on Thursday to ascertain if the
vaccine is linked to blood clots observed in a few patients who received the
shot.
The meeting was necessitated by recent concerns over the
safety of the vaccine.
Following its meeting, the regulator said it will recommend
that a warning about the risks is included in the vaccine information.
It also advised that healthcare providers and the public
should be educated about the signs and symptoms to look out for.
Peter Arlett, head of safety monitoring for the EMA, said:
“The primary assessment is a vigorous scientific assessment, looking at all the
available evidence, to see whether the evidence would suggest a causal link
between these very rare but serious events that we’ve seen and vaccination, or
whether they are coincidental.”
Several European nations had suspended the use of the
AstraZeneca vaccine, following the reported link to blood clots.
Nigeria has already begun its vaccination exercise after
receiving almost four million doses of the vaccine.
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA)
had earlier assured Nigerians that the specific batch in question, ABV5300, is
not in circulation in the country.
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