The WHO recommends that the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine be continued

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday, March 17, recommended the continued use of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca until further announcements, reports TV3 News.

In the six weeks since the European Commission (EC) introduced the vaccine export control mechanism, pharmaceutical companies have delivered 9.1 million doses of vaccine to factories from factories in the European Union (EU) and shipped one million doses to the United States. If the situation does not change, the bloc will have to consider how to make exports to vaccine-producing countries dependent on their level of openness, EC President Urzula von der Leiena told a press conference.

She warned that the EU would assess whether “exports to countries with higher vaccination ratings than ours are still proportionate”.

The WHO recommends that the Covid-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca be continued until further notice. On March 16, the EC president emphasized her confidence in AstraZeneca vaccines, but warned that the virus would return.

“If we look at the epidemiological situation, it is getting worse. This is worrying. We are seeing the spread of new variants of the virus, mainly the British strain, we are seeing the peak of the third wave and we know that we need to speed up the pace of vaccination, ”said EC President Urzula von der Leiena.

At the same time, the EC calls on Member States to prepare for the phasing out of Covid-19 restrictions. On March 17, French President Emanuel Macron met with his Polish counterparts and was generally optimistic.

French President Emmanuel Macron

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“In a few months, Europe will be one of the most vaccine-producing places in the world. And these are really the most difficult weeks we are experiencing. We know that, but we obviously have a chance, and it is in Europe that we will be stronger on this issue. “

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In a speech to parliament, the British prime minister apologized for the rapid spread of the virus in the country, saying that he took responsibility for all the lives lost. At the same time, he said with a spark of humor that AstraZeneca trusts the vaccines and will receive the vaccine himself.

“The best I can say about Oxford’s AstraZeneca vaccine program is that I finally got the news, and I’ll be distracted,” said British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.