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Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) Emer Cook says the AstraZeneca vaccine is "safe and effective" and not associated with a higher blood clot risk, after more than a dozen countries paused rollouts over health fears. IMAGES
The head of the EU's medicines regulator says that it is probing serious side effects of "all vaccines", as it investigated possible blood clots linked to the AstraZeneca jab. SOUNDBITE
The EU's drug regulator says it remains "firmly convinced" of the benefits of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine despite several countries suspending its use over blood clot fears. SOUNDBITE
A European Commission spokesperson says the EU executive is suing British-Swedish pharmaceutical group AstraZeneca to force it to deliver 90 million more doses of its Covid-19 vaccine before July. SOUNDBITE
New Delhi residents queue up for coronavirus vaccines, as India is due Saturday to open up its jumbo vaccination drive to all adults, but many states don't have the stocks as hospitals reel from a vicious Covid surge. India recorded on Saturday over 400,000 new Covid cases in 24 hours for the first time, the first country to do so in the pandemic, official data showed. IMAGES