the authorities in the republic of
ireland have recommended temporarily
suspending the use of the astrazeneca
vaccine
while investigations are carried out
into four new reports
of blood clotting in patients who've
received the jab in norway while our
health correspondent louise cullen
gave me this update then in the republic
of ireland the statement was issued this
morning that it would be suspending the
use of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine
following those reports
from norway the deputy chief medical
officer for ireland dr ronan glynn says
it is
precautionary but these reports from
norway and several other countries have
included
what they call thrombolytic events clots
skin blades and so on
that's important to say they've been
around 30 of those events across europe
and that's out of
five million europeans getting the job
the european medical medicines agency
the european regulator
and the world health organization have
said there's no evidence to establish a
link between getting the vaccine
and these thrombolytic events and this
suspension is being described as i say
as precautionary
but ireland joins a list of european
countries that have now suspended either
the vaccine or certain
batches of it while investigations are
being carried out
to see if there is a link or to
establish some safety parameters
now the national immunization advisory
committee in ireland is meeting this
morning following that announcement
and there should be an update later
today that's louise kellen our health
correspondent