After new reports of blood clots, three German states and the city of Munich decided to temporarily suspend the administration of the AstraZeneca vaccine again.
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The Berlin administration has suspended the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine for anyone under the age of 60. Minister of Health Dilek Kalayci (SPD) refers to new data on suspected side effects. It is a precautionary measure, Kalayci said.
Munich and the federal states of Brandenburg and North Rhine-Westphalia are already following Berlin’s example. On Tuesday evening, the German Health Minister will sit together with his colleagues from the federal states.
In total, there are 31 reports of blood clots in Germany. Those affected died in nine cases. With the exception of two reports, all reports of women were between 20 and 63 years old. The two men were 36 and 57.
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According to the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the AstraZeneva vaccine is safe. An increased risk of brain thrombosis has not yet been ruled out. But the EMA concluded that thromboses certainly do not occur more often after administration of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
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