6 Million doses of vaccinations in France
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President Emmanuel Macron, announced today Monday March 15, 2021 the suspension "as a precaution" of vaccination with AstraZeneca "until tomorrow afternoon", on the sidelines of his trip to Montaban (Tarn et Garonne), for presiding over the 26th Franco-Spanish, Franco-Spanish Summit, in the company of the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. President Macron thus announces the suspension of this Astra Zeneca vaccination, which had been injected at 1,344,148 doses on all of the 4,566,776 vaccinations, (as of March 12, 2021).-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
It was Norway which announced on Monday the death by cerebral hemorrhage of a caregiver under the age of 50 who had been hospitalized after receiving an injection of AstraZeneca's anti-COVID-19 vaccine, without a link between the two be established at this point. Hence the cessation of vaccination in Norway "as a precaution".
As for the side effects, linked to the anti-COVID-19 AstraZeeneca vaccine according to the National Medicines Agency (ANSM), explained the side effects, the vast majority of these cases concern flu-like syndromes, often of high intensity (fever high, stiffness, headache). The Agency also pays "particular attention to thromboembolic events" which have occurred in several countries and which have led to the temporary suspension of vaccination in some (including France).
President Macron also explained that "we have a simple guide: to be enlightened by science and the competent health authorities and to do so as part of a European strategy."
13 OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES SUSPENDED ASTRA ZENECA VACCINE------------------------------------------------
The decision of the French President, comes after several days of concern about the Astra Zeneca vaccine (Produced by the Swedish and UK group), on the same line as the other European countries, which are the Netherlands and Germany, the Spain, joined Bulgaria, Ireland or even Iceland and Norway, which had followed suit, after Denmark which had suspended its Astra Zeneca vaccination, on March 11, 2021. from 14 European countries, which canceled this ASTRAZENECA vaccination, (And Thailand and the Republic of Congo, outside the EU) pending the next conclusion of the European Medicines Agency, EMEA, as explained by the Head of State French: "You are right to recall that several European partners have decided to suspend the vaccine. The European authority (EMA) will issue an opinion tomorrow afternoon on the use of this vaccine. And therefore on the recommendation of the Minister of Health in conjunction with the French health authorities, decision that has been taken is to suspend collaboration with AstraZeneca ". President Macron replied, to journalists present at the press conference of the Franco-Spanish Summit. Source: DGS, ANSM, Cnews,
