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Adding news of AstraZeneca suspensions in Europe
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Including the links to official medicine agencies of countries that have statements about this in English. Please tell me if you know of other ones. I'm now adding this both in the "News" and the AstraZeneca-specific section even though I hadn't added it before as it seems too big now and the German agency quite explicitly suggests a connection with the vaccine, and elaborates on the specific kind of blood clotting events involved.
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* [Contract between European Commission and AstraZeneca now published](https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_302), after pressure from the European Commission, albeit with a number of redactions
* [Efficacy of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) Vaccine Against SARS-CoV-2 VOC 202012/01 (B.1.1.7)](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3779160) finds that while virus neutralization activity is 9-fold lower in the B.1.1.7 variant than in the "common" virus, the vaccine was similarly efficacious in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 in both variants
* [Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) Covid-19 vaccine against the B.1.351 variant in South Africa](https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.02.10.21251247v1) concludes that the vaccine did not show protection against the variant in mild to moderate cases, while protection against severe cases remains undetermined due to the study participants who became positive to the virus being small numbers, and young and healthy, with no hospitalizations or deaths necessarily expected in any case; the University of Oxford announces these results, stating that [ChAdOx1 nCov-19 provides minimal protection against mild-moderate COVID-19 infection from B.1.351 coronavirus variant in young South African adults](https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2021-02-07-chadox1-ncov-19-provides-minimal-protection-against-mild-moderate-covid-19-infection#), and in response, [South Africa suspends use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine after it fails to clearly stop virus variant](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/02/south-africa-suspends-use-astrazenecas-covid-19-vaccine-after-it-fails-clearly-stop)
* After 10 March 2021, several European countries suspended administration of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, following some unusual blood clotting events. Statements in English are available from the [Norwegian Medicines Agency](https://legemiddelverket.no/nyheter/norwegian-medicines-agency-notified-of-blood-clots-and-bleeding-in-younger-people-after-vaccination-with-astrazeneca-vaccine) and the German [Paul Ehrlich Institute](https://www.pei.de/EN/newsroom/hp-news/2021/210315-pei-informs-temporary-suspension-vaccination-astra-zeneca.html). Later on 15 March, [Germany suspends use of AstraZeneca vaccine, along with Italy, France, Spain](https://www.dw.com/en/germany-suspends-use-of-astrazeneca-vaccine-along-with-italy-france-spain/a-56878920) despite the Italian Medicines Agency having stated the previous day [Unjustified alarm on safety of AstraZeneca vaccine](https://www.aifa.gov.it/en/web/guest/-/aifa-ingiustificato-allarme-sulla-sicurezza-del-vaccino-astrazeneca)


#### Others
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* [EU hails deals to get more vaccine shots, tackle variants](https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-02-eu-hails-vaccine-shots-tackle.html) with a new contract for 150 million Moderna doses in 2021 and another 150 million in 2022 (see [EU press release](https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_655)), and more doses of Pfizer/BioNTech secured
* [COVID: Several European countries halt use of AstraZeneca vaccine](https://www.dw.com/en/covid-several-european-countries-halt-use-of-astrazeneca-vaccine/a-56835406) with at least two batches under scrutiny after deaths and throbosis-related events in Austria, Italy and Denmark, which have not so far conclusively linked to the vaccine, but invesigation is in progress
* [Covid-19 vaccine linked to a reduction in transmission](https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/news/2021/march/covid-19-vaccine-linked-to-a-reduction-in-transmission/) in a Scottish study, not yet published, examining around 300000 healthcare workers, and finding that compared to unvaccinated workers, vaccination results in a 30% reducting in COVID-19 among members of the vaccinated workers' households after the first shot, and 54% after the second, nothing that this of course underestimates protection because household members can also be infected from other sources
* After 10 March 2021, several European countries suspended administration of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, following some unusual blood clotting events. Statements in English are available from the [Norwegian Medicines Agency](https://legemiddelverket.no/nyheter/norwegian-medicines-agency-notified-of-blood-clots-and-bleeding-in-younger-people-after-vaccination-with-astrazeneca-vaccine) and the German [Paul Ehrlich Institute](https://www.pei.de/EN/newsroom/hp-news/2021/210315-pei-informs-temporary-suspension-vaccination-astra-zeneca.html). Later on 15 March, [Germany suspends use of AstraZeneca vaccine, along with Italy, France, Spain](https://www.dw.com/en/germany-suspends-use-of-astrazeneca-vaccine-along-with-italy-france-spain/a-56878920) despite the Italian Medicines Agency having stated the previous day [Unjustified alarm on safety of AstraZeneca vaccine](https://www.aifa.gov.it/en/web/guest/-/aifa-ingiustificato-allarme-sulla-sicurezza-del-vaccino-astrazeneca)


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