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AstraZeneca is removing its Covid vaccine worldwide, months after the pharmaceutical giant admitted that it can cause a rare and dangerous side effect.
The jab, developed by Oxford University, can no longer be used in the European Union after the company voluntarily withdrew its ‘marketing authorisation’, coming into effect today.
Similar applications to withdraw the vaccine will be made in other countries that had previously approved it, including the UK.
The vaccine, once heralded as a ‘triumph for British science’, has come under intense scrutiny in recent months for a very rare side effect causing blood clots and low blood platelet counts.
The AstraZeneca jab was the most widely used in the UK during the initial rollout of the vaccination programme - before it was linked to a risk in blood clots
AstraZeneca admitted in February that the vaccine can, in very rare cases, cause Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome - which has been linked to more than 80 deaths in Britain as well as hundreds of serious injuries.
More than 50 alleged victims and grieving relatives are currently suing the company in a High Court case.
However, AstraZeneca denies that the
