AstraZeneca Vaccine: Continued in Belgium, Temporarily Suspended in France

His Supreme Health Council Belgium decided to continue to provide citizens with AstraZeneca vaccine.

“The High Health Council has decided to continue vaccinating with this vaccine,” he said, adding that he would listen carefully to the arguments of countries that have been suspended for some time. vaccination “.

He also mentioned that so far the cases are few and incompletely documented. He added that, as AMPE reports, the cessation of the campaign would be more harmful than anything else, noting that there would be alignment with the decisions of the World Health Organization and the European Medicines Agency.

At the same time, the head of the vaccination campaign in France Allen Fischer said today that he believes that the suspension of the AstraZeneca vaccine against covid-19 will be temporary.

Fischer told France Inter radio that the number of people who had side effects after being vaccinated remained small.

“The final factor in the analysis is the benefit-risk relationship,” he explained. “Vaccinations are progressing. Vaccinations have started and will continue.

He added that the AstraZeneca vaccine is not a poor quality vaccine.

Meanwhile, French Industry Minister Agnès Panier-Runasser commented on the same radio station that Paris had decided to temporarily suspend the vaccine in coordination with other European countries.

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