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This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldThis blog is now closed. We’ve launched a new blog at the link below:With that, we are closing this blog. Our new blog is at the link below – head there for the latest: Internationally acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma celebrated receiving his second shot of the Covid-19 vaccine by performing an impromptu concert at a vaccine site in Berkshire Community College, Massachusetts:Dutch health authorities will have to cancel 43,000 vaccination appointments following the government’s decision to suspend the use of Astrazeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine for at least two weeks, according to news agency ANP.The suspension will be in place until at least 29 March as the Netherlands joined a flurry of European countries in halting its use of the vaccine on Sunday. In response to concerns, has said its review had found no evidence of an increased risk of pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or thrombocytopenia, in any defined age group, gender, batch or in any particular country.The Australian state of Victoria has reported no new Covid-19 cases for the fifth consecutive day.The state, which has recorded 20,483 infections and 820 deaths since the pandemic began, currently has two active cases.More than a quarter of people in Chile have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, putting the South American country near the top among countries at inoculating its population against the virus.The country of 19 million on South America’s Pacific coast leads on vaccination in Latin America, and globally it is behind Israel, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom, AP reports.Chile began administering more than 100,000 shots almost every day in early February. This figure more than tripled this week, with a daily global record of 1.3 shots per 100 inhabitants hit on Wednesday.In contrast, Brazil has vaccinated just 4% of its population, and Argentina around 3%.The Netherlands has temporarily halted its vaccine programme, the government has said.The suspension will be in place until at least 29 March, Reuters reports.Several other European countries have temporarily suspended use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, including Norway, Denmark and Ireland.However, the UK’s medicines regulator said available evidence does not suggest the vaccine is the cause of the blood clots, advising people to get the jab when asked to do so.AstraZeneca also said its review had found no evidence of an increased risk of pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or thrombocytopenia, in any defined age group, gender, batch or in any particular country.There is “enormous difficulty” in differentiating a causal effect from a coincidence in the case of reports from vaccine adverse effects, a scientist has said amid concerns about AstraZeneca’s vaccine.Stephen Evans, professor of pharmacoepidemiology at the London School of Hygiene &amp; Tropical Medicine, told PA: The problem with spontaneous reports of suspected adverse reactions to a vaccine are the enormous difficulty of distinguishing a causal effect from a coincidence.This is especially true when we know that Covid-19 disease is very strongly associated with blood clotting and there have been hundreds if not many thousands of deaths caused by blood clotting as a result of Covid-19 disease.The first thing to do is to be absolutely certain that the clots did not have some other cause, including Covid-19.”Protesters, many carrying Brazilian and pro-Bolsonaro flags, have demonstrated against the closure of businesses due to coronavirus restrictions in Sao Paulo:Brazil has reported 1,127 further Covid-19 deaths in the past 24 hours and 43,812 new cases of the coronavirus, the health ministry said as the pandemic’s most lethal week for the country comes to an end.The week saw 12,818 deaths in Brazil – an average of 1,831 fatalities a day, far exceeding the 1,000-death daily rolling averages for January and February.The South American country has now registered a total of 11,483,370 cases, Reuters reports. The official death toll has risen to 278,229 in the world’s second-worst outbreak other than that in the United States.France must do everything to avoid another lockdown as pressure on hospitals grows, prime minister Jean Castex has said as the country added more than 26,000 new cases to its tally.Rather than send the country into a third national lockdown, the French government has implemented a 6pm nationwide curfew and weekend lockdowns in two hotspot regions while shutting shopping centres.We have to use all weapons available to avoid a lockdown. I’ve never hid it, let’s vaccinate, protect ourselves, get tested,” Castex said on Sunday.The situation is not getting better, there is a higher and higher number of infections and hospitals are very burdened with many patients, whose average age is getting lower and who don’t always have comorbidities.”Meanwhile, the head of the public health service, Jerome Salomon, said that “a lockdown is not a taboo but it is not automatic” either, despite the worsening health situation.The health ministry reported 26,343 new Covid-19 infections on Sunday and 140 more deaths, taking the toll to 90,429.Protest is the lifeblood of a healthy democracy, and it’s critical that we can all stand up to those in power, and make our voices heard,” said Lana Adamou, a lawyer at Liberty. “Safe, socially distanced demonstrations are perfectly possible, and it is the duty of the police to facilitate them, not block them. The current restrictions should be interpreted compatibly with our rights enshrined in the Human Rights Act.”Last year’s Black Lives Matter protests in some 300 US cities did not cause a spike in cases there, a July report from the found. The outdoor air played a part in dispelling the virus and, in cities with big rallies, infections even fell because those who did not take part stayed home instead of shopping or eating out – activities that carry a greater risk.AstraZeneca’s review of people vaccinated with its jab has shown no evidence of an increased risk of blood clots, the manufacturer has said.The review covered more than 17 million people vaccinated in the European Union and United Kingdom, Reuters reports.A careful review of all available safety data of more than 17 million people vaccinated in the European Union and UK with Covid-19 vaccine AstraZeneca has shown no evidence of an increased risk of pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis or thrombocytopenia, in any defined age group, gender, batch or in any particular country,” the statement said.Denmark, Norway and Iceland have halted the use of the vaccine over concerns about blood clot reports.Ireland on Sunday temporarily suspended AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine “out of an abundance of caution”.The drugmaker said additional testing has and is being conducted by the company and the European health authorities and none of the re-tests have shown cause for concern.There are also no confirmed issues related to quality of any of its Covid-19 vaccine batches used across Europe and rest of the world, the company said.France has reported 26,343 new Covid-19 cases and 140 deaths, the latest data from the health ministry showed. This compares with 21,825 cases and 130 deaths last Sunday.The country’s death toll stands at 90,429, of which 65,118 have been in hospitals, according to Reuters. The number of people in intensive care units rose by 57 to 4,127, as pressure grows on French hospitals.France has the world’s sixth-highest total of Covid-19 cases, just behind the UK.

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