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French President Emmanuel Macron says France is suspending AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine use out o

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Italy’s medicines regulator announces precautionary, temporary ban on using AstraZeneca coronavirus

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Spain’s health minister announces a 2-week ban on using AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine

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FILE - In this March 12, 2021, file photo, a health worker holds a bottle of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine with name Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha written on it, at Bamrasnaradura Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand. In recent days, countries including Denmark, Ireland and Thailand have temporarily suspended their use of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine after reports that some people who got a dose developed blood clots, even though there's no evidence that the shot was responsible. The European Medicines Agency and the World Health Organization say the data available do not suggest the vaccine caused the clots. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

EXPLAINER: Why countries are halting the AstraZeneca shot

By MARIA CHENG - Associated Press

Germany suspends use of AstraZeneca vaccine following advice of national regulator to investigate re

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In this Jan. 11, 2021, file photo Mary Williams, right, receives an injection of the AstraZeneca vaccine at the mass vaccination centre in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England. In recent days, countries including Denmark, Ireland and Thailand have temporarily suspended their use of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine after reports that some people who got a dose developed blood clots, even though there's no evidence that the shot was responsible. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell, File)

Major European nations suspend use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2021, file photo, people receive the COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site in Las Vegas. Nevada's top coronavirus official didn't guarantee the state can meet President Joe Biden's goal of offering a vaccination to every adult who wants a shot by May 1, but said it gives everyone something to work toward. COVID-19 Task Force chief Caleb Cage said everything depends on vaccine allocations. Seventeen new COVID-19 deaths were reported statewide Friday, March 12, 2021, bringing the pandemic total in Nevada to almost 5,100. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

The Latest: All Duke University undergrads must quarantine

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A health worker administers a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 to a patient inside the convention center known as &quot;La Nuvola&quot;, The Cloud, in Rome, Wednesday, March 10, 2021. The visually extraordinary complex designed by famed architect Massimiliano Fuksas has been transformed into a temporary vaccination center. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Germany, others stick with AstraZeneca vaccine as some pause

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

A young girl looks out the window of her room in the pediatric unit of the Robert Debre hospital, in Paris, France, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. A year into the coronavirus pandemic, increasing numbers of children are coming apart at the seams, their mental health shredded by the traumas of deaths, sickness and job losses in their families, the disruptions of lockdowns and curfews, and a deluge of anxieties poisoning their fragile young minds. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

The Latest: US health officials warn of false positives

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A health worker administers a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 to a patient inside the convention center known as &quot;La Nuvola&quot;, The Cloud, in Rome, Wednesday, March 10, 2021. The visually extraordinary complex designed by famed architect Massimiliano Fuksas has been transformed into a temporary vaccination center. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Denmark pauses AstraZeneca vaccine jabs to probe blood clots

By JAN M. OLSEN and MARIA CHENG - Associated Press

A health worker administers a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 to a patient inside the convention center known as &quot;La Nuvola&quot;, The Cloud, in Rome, Wednesday, March 10, 2021. The visually extraordinary complex designed by famed architect Massimiliano Fuksas has been transformed into a temporary vaccination center. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Denmark to halt AstraZeneca vaccinations amid reports of blood clots

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times

Buddhist monks wearing face masks receive alms from a devotee in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, March 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

The Latest: SKorea to give shots to elders in long-term care

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Bianca Ahlemeier (32), a childminder in home daycare with five children, is vaccinated with AstraZeneca's vaccine by a doctor at the vaccination centre in Koelnmesse, Cologne, Germany, Monday, March 8, 2021. From today on nursery school teachers, child minders, some teachers and police officers, as well as people in workshops for disabled people, will be vaccinated with AstraZeneca's preparation. (Rolf Vennenbernd/dpa/ via AP)

Germany looks to AstraZeneca shot to boost vaccine rollout

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

Women laying in coffins representing women killed in domestic violence during an event for upcoming International Women's Day in front of Tel Aviv's district court, Israel, Sunday, March 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

The Latest: Michigan makes homeless people vaccine-eligible

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Customers wait for the opening of a branch of the German discounter 'Aldi' in Hamburg, Germany, Saturday, March 6, 2021. From Saturday the discounter offers new coronavirus, COVID-19, quick tests for sale. (Haller/dpa via AP)

The Latest: Ireland reaches half million vaccinations

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A nurse receives the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in the state of Brandenburg where the first coronavirus vaccinations are given in doctors' surgeries, in Senftenberg, Germany, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. (Hannibal Hanschke/Pool via AP)

After mixed messages, Europe warns against vaccine shopping

By ANGELA CHARLTON and DAVE RISING - Associated Press

People wait in line at a COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at Olympic Stadium marking the beginning of mass vaccination in the Province of Quebec based on age in Montreal, on Monday, March 1, 2021. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada clears Johnson & Johnson vaccine, first to approve 4

By ROB GILLIES - Associated Press

UK says vaccine shipment from India won’t hurt poor nations

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 19, 2021 file photo, a pharmacist prepares a syringe from a vial of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine during preparations at the Vaccine Village in Antwerp, Belgium. A shipment of a quarter million AstraZeneca vaccines destined for Australia has been barred from leaving the European Union in the first use of an export control system instituted by the bloc over a month ago. An EU official, who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the issue, confirmed a report that first appeared in the Financial Times. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

France backs Italy in vaccine ban as EU defends mechanism

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

German Health Minister Jens Spahn delivers his speech during a debate of the German Parliament Bundestag about the coronavirus outbreak situation in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, March 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

In big shift, Germany to give AstraZeneca shots to over 65s

By FRANK JORDANS and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER - Associated Press