Sensitive Video: Danish health official faints while announcing halt of AstraZeneca vaccine

Disclaimer: Sensitive Video Content Source: Tanja Lund Erichsenm, the Director of Pharmacovigilance at the Danish Medicines Agency, fainted earlier on Wednesday while announcing Denmark’s decision to completely abandon the rollout of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine due to a risk of rare blood clots. The decision will push back the scheduled conclusion of Denmark’s vaccination scheme to early August from July 25, health authorities said. For more coronavirus news, visit our dedicated page Denmark set to permanently halt use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine: Media File But that new timeline assumes it will start using the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, whose rollout in Europe has been delayed over similar clotting concerns and the use of which Denmark has suspended. That shot comprises around a third of the country’s total contracted