Slovakia suspends the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine. What does it mean? (Q&A)

People who have already received appointments will be given another vaccine.

Vaxzervia by AstraZenecaVaxzervia by AstraZeneca (Source: TASR/AP)

The Health Ministry suspended the administration of first doses of the Vaxzevria vaccine by AstraZeneca on Tuesday, May 11.

That means that people aged 18-45, for whom the vaccination strategy deemed this vaccine and who have not been vaccinated yet, need to wait.

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The ministry's decision came four days after the State Institute for Drug Control (ŠÚKL) announced that the death of a 47-year-old woman after vaccination with Vaxzevria is probably linked to the vaccine.

Why has the ministry halted the vaccination with AstraZeneca vaccine?

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