Use of AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19 has been discontinued for the time being due to blood clot reports.

From Schams Elwazer, Antonia Mortensen, and Arnaud Siad via CNN, March 11, 2021: “Iceland and Norway have suspended the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine while the European Union’s medicines regulator investigates whether the shot could be linked to a number of reports of blood clots.

Denmark announced a two-week suspension on Thursday following a number of reports of clotting in the country, including one fatal case. Iceland and Norway followed suit, but did not say how long their suspensions would last.

From Noah Manskar via New York Post, March 16, 2021: “Sweden and Latvia joined the growing list of nations that suspended AstraZeneca’s jab after a handful of people who received it developed blood clots, some of which were linked to deaths.

More than a dozen EU member states — including major economies such as Germany, France and Italy — have temporarily yanked the vaccine ….