Denmark has decided to exclude the Johnson & Johnson vaccine from the Covid vaccination program
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Denmark justified its decision with concerns about serious side effects related to blood clot formation.
"The Danish Health Authority concluded that the benefits of using Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine do not outweigh the risk of causing the possible adverse effect in those receiving the vaccine," the Danish health authority stressed in a statement. press release.
WHO and EMA have both authorized the vaccine.
Meanwhile,
the United Kingdom
continues its race in Europe on the front of Covid vaccines and exceeds the milestone of 50 million doses administered, including over 15 million boosters. Official data certify this while Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his government rejoice at this new "milestone" reached, confirming the goal of guaranteeing coverage of all adults over 18 residing in the country with at least one dose at most by 31 July. In the background, total hospital admissions in the Kingdom remain at their lowest for months (less than 1,500 at the moment), as well as those of infections and daily deaths. The first announcement of the goal reached came from Prime Minister Tory himself. "Thanks to the extraordinary effort of each one - wrote Johnson on his Twitter profile -
there are now 50 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine administered to people throughout the United Kingdom. "
There is also an appeal to all those who have yet to receive the serum, in a country where the mass coverage among the over 40s. "Please - concludes the premier - come forward and get the vaccine when you are summoned to receive it".
Boris Johnson holds back on resumption of overseas tourist travel from the UK,
confirming the intention to open some chinks from May 17, but with caution and strict limitations in order not to feed the risk associated with the variants of the virus and the possibility of re-importing Covid cases from abroad. "We want to do some travel opening" from May 17, "but I don't think the people of this country want to see an influx of disease from everywhere else, and I certainly don't want that," the British Tory Prime Minister cut short. conversing with reporters on the sidelines of a visit to Hartlepool, England, three days before the local elections on Thursday 6. Asked about the government's intention to draw up a 'green list' of lower-risk foreign countries to which resume travel for tourism after May 17,Johnson then glossed over, stating that an announcement will be given "when possible". And he nevertheless insisted that any easing will be accompanied by the need to be "very, very tough" in the cautions relating to the danger of importing variants of the coronavirus. Part of the parliamentary majority, newspapers and business pushes for an acceleration of post lockdown reopening in the Kingdom; but today a group of bipartisan deputies (Conservatives and Labor) has called for the postponement of any relief on travel abroad: both for reasons of health security linked to the variants, and to encourage domestic tourism.And he nevertheless insisted that any easing will be accompanied by the need to be "very, very tough" in the cautions relating to the danger of importing variants of the coronavirus. Part of the parliamentary majority, newspapers and business pushes for an acceleration of post lockdown reopening in the Kingdom; but today a group of bipartisan deputies (Conservatives and Labor) has called for the postponement of any relief on travel abroad: both for reasons of health security linked to the variants, and to encourage domestic tourism.And he nevertheless insisted that any easing will be accompanied by the need to be "very, very tough" in the cautions relating to the danger of importing variants of the coronavirus. Part of the parliamentary majority, newspapers and business pushes for an acceleration of post lockdown reopening in the Kingdom; but today a group of bipartisan deputies (Conservatives and Labor) has called for the postponement of any relief on travel abroad: both for reasons of health security linked to the variants, and to encourage domestic tourism.acceleration of post lockdown reopening in the Kingdom; but today a group of bipartisan deputies (Conservatives and Labor) has called for the postponement of any relief on travel abroad: both for reasons of health security linked to the variants, and to encourage domestic tourism.acceleration of post lockdown reopening in the Kingdom; but today a group of bipartisan deputies (Conservatives and Labor) has called for the postponement of any relief on travel abroad: both for reasons of health security linked to the variants, and to encourage domestic tourism.