i'm feel girl welcome to the program at a news conference european medicines agency will start in the next few minutes ahead of that will join d w a brussels correspondent marina strauss. welcome arena what do you were expecting. well we'd sussed received a press release by the european medicines agency with the latest news and i quote them here they say they found possible a possible link to their e rare cases of unusual blood clots with low plot pellet so they actually confirm that there is a risk in receiving these like in get blood clots after getting vaccinated with an astra zeneca that scene i mean we have to mention here that tens of millions of people all around europe and rather the globe have received their 1st shots or even the 2nd shot off the estrus attic of the casino yet and only a couple of cases these rare blood clots occurred and now the new thing is that the european medicines agency actually confirms that this might or this is related to the ester said it to us resident of a scene ok and just to be clear of this they will get the full word from the a.m.a. the next

the world and i'm quite positive that it can be used to save and it's effect obviously the european medicines agency has for several months now been deliberating on whether or not to approve sputnik 34 confirmed use do you think it's possible that other european countries could follow austria example and perhaps you know and i guess in the way of saying it break ranks with the european medicines agency because this isn't about politics this is about saving lives it's about medicine in saving lives and we know that hungary for instance we've seen it is used in serbia in the i'm sure that other countries will follow like in the history of the national. agency we'll look into the it and then decide where the can be used in the what do you what can you tell us though about the general sentiment in austria regarding this so this vast european inoculation program is there any sense of hesitancy or distrust even with the various pfizer astra zeneca even the russian v. is there a sense of mistrust perhaps. yeah there are some problems with the us they were a big scene because we saw this the bulls are burne

stating that our safety committee the pharmacovigilance and risk assessment committee of the european medicines agency has confirmed that the benefits of the astra zeneca vaccine in preventing cope with 19 overall outweigh the risks of side effects. the european union's drug regulator the european medicines agency says after a safety assessment of the astra zeneca vaccine they are still encouraging people to get it that's despite finding a $169.00 cases of a rare brain blood clot after $34000000.00 doses the agency says while no clear link has been found they believe the clots are caused by any means response as a result the regulator will be listing the clots as a rare side effect of the astra zeneca vaccine this vaccine has proven to be highly effective if it prevents if severe to fifty's and hospitalized patients and it is saving lives vaccination is extremely important in helping us in the fight against cope at 19 and we need to use the back scenes we have to protect us from the devastating effects to my media it comes as u.k. authorities recommend that the astra zeneca vaccine should not be given

the european medicines agency has come to — one. es agency has come to the _ one. the european medicines agency has come to the same _ one. the european medicines agency has come to the same conclusion - i has come to the same conclusion — there is a possible link between the astrazeneca vaccine and very rare blood clots. mostly and women under 60. several eu countries have already restricted the astrazeneca vaccine to older adults. france to those over 55, germany to those over 60. scientists who analyse risks say this changes course —— change of course should not put people off getting the vaccine. , ., . . , vaccine. this vaccine is extraordinarily - vaccine. this vaccine is i extraordinarily effective. i vaccine. this vaccine is - extraordinarily effective. i know will be — extraordinarily effective. i know will be tragic _ extraordinarily effective. i know will be tragic if _ extraordinarily effective. i know will be tragic if this _ extraordinarily effective. i know will be tragic if this led - extraordinarily effective. i know

>> it is difficult to explain how the bodies come up with different findings, but the european medicines agencyas for the second time said this is a safe vaccine with very rare side effects. it is common to have side effects with any vaccine or any medicine. it is safe to take it. different european countries have defined different age groups. it is their decision. the important thing is the astrazeneca vaccine gets used. if europeans are going to use all the doses available, that is more doses for the rest of the world. >> is it political that u.k. regulators are -- coming together with platelets, the reason we are seeing those patellar -- fatalities, is considered plausible, however it has to be confirmed, and for it to be confirmed, this could take a body of work and research and data. >> a good way of thinking about this is to look at the timeline over the life course and the risk profile. a person in their 80's may have a 10% or higher chance of succumbing to severe or lethal infection with coronavirus. someone who is 18 rather than 80 may have a one in a million chance of having a severe

from the european medicines agency. that's asher this is spin a story that's been percolating you could say for several weeks and months now. we wait for an announcement on just how safe this vaccine is just give us a sense of why it's so important to find out which vaccines countries in europe should be using. well it's very important because of course the european medical agency governments across europe need to convince their public that the vaccines they are using are safe i should just say as the we are waiting for that press and that press conference by the european medical agency on the safety of the astra zeneca vaccine but there are some reports coming out already that suggest that what we might hear from the may is that they have indeed found some links between the astra zeneca vaccine and rare forms of blood clots however on balance we understand that the m.d.m.a. is expected to say that the benefits of the astra zeneca vaccine outweigh the risks and what they would mean by that is something that many doctors

adjudicated separately by the european medicines agency. well germany is not the 1st country to negotiate with russia bilaterally it wouldn't be also the 1st country in europe to to have this vaccine and use it but that it depends a sensually on whether it is approved by the may the european medicines agency does some of the german health minister stressed today in an interview that is the precondition if germany is going to enter into those negotiations and also stress that for that to happen russia has to provide complete data to the european agency in order for the european agency to evaluate whether the vaccine can be approved if that happens in germany were discussed all the details with russia other german health minister stressed that some of the key elements that it wants to discuss to discuss with russia is when and exactly how many dollars it could deliver to germany the german goal here as according to the german health minister is to have vaccines by russia so that's put the vaccines in the next 2 to 5 months but once again and

stating that our safety committee the pharmacovigilance and risk assessment committee of the european medicines agency has confirmed that the benefits of the astra zeneca vaccine in preventing cope with 19 overall outweigh the risks of side effects. the european union's drug regulator the european medicines agency says after a safety assessment of the astra zeneca vaccine they are still encouraging people to get it that's despite finding a $169.00 cases of a rare brain blood clot after 34000000 doses the agency says while no clear link has been found they believe the clots are caused by any means response as a result the regulator will be listing the clots as a rare side effect of the astra zeneca vaccine this vaccine has proven to be highly effective it preventive severe defeated hospitalized patients and it is saving lives vaccination is extremely important in helping us in the fight against cope at 19 and we need to use the back scenes we have to protect us from the devastating effects to miami it comes as u.k. authorities recommend that the astra zeneca vaccine should not be given to adults under

explain you know how the other bodies came up with different findings but yes mention the european medicines agency has for the 2nd time said that this is a safe that with very rare side effects and it's common to have side effects with any backs or any medicines it's completely safe to take it now that different european countries have defined different age groups is is their decision the important thing is that the astra zeneca vaccine gets used and if that your peers are going to use all the duces available to them and that's more doses for the rest of the world chris is it political in a way or another the u.k. regulators are saying 1st of all as far as the causal relationship between the vaccine and the occurrence of the blood clots coming together with a low platelets which are the main reason why we're seeing those fatalities is considered possible plausible however it has to be confirmed and for it to be confirmed this could take a body of work and research and data. a good right thinking about this is to look at the timeline over the life course and the risk profile so a person who is in t

we are waiting to hear a 3pm and for pm in local time from the european medicines agency on their latest difference of opinion at the moment between the uk regulator and individual governments in a number of eu countries, who have decided to either pause the use of this vaccine or say it shouldn't be used for people of a certain age group? well, the striking thing there is not the discordance between the mhra's position and the position, for instance, in france and germany, it's the lack of liaison between the european medicines agency, which is supposed to be the coordinating voice for european drug safety, and the member states. we have seen a number of member states, almost all member states going their own way in the face of clear ema guidance, and this has done nothing at all for public confidence in europe. we know that from the outset, there has been high levels of vaccine scepticism in france and to some levels in germany and that has been exacerbated by the contradictory and sometimes conflicting statements coming out of these countries that may or may not be based on best scien

once the european medicines agency has given it the green light germany's going to have to set up its own deal of course because the e.u. commission joint mechanism has already said they're not going to buy sputnik v. as it stands at the moment there's also been some comment from france when it comes to that announcement from germany last week the french foreign minister saying he thought that was a bit of a p.r. stunt designed to give confidence to the local markets here in germany of course we have an election coming up in september he thought that was a bit of politicking from yen's spawn but he also said that he wouldn't rule out taking any vaccine based on where it come from that if it's a good vaccine it's a good vaccine but when it comes to the all important a.m.a. approval well sputnik the started being looked at by the european medicines agency on the 5th of march we're expecting that process to run through perhaps as long as the end of may once it gets the green light of course it can then be used all across the european union. meanwhile spinny's global uptake is on the rise

medicine among european nations more details here with correspondent peter all of. the czech republic could be sent to follow hungry using russia's sputnik the vaccine before it gets approval from the european medicines agency the czech president zemin made the announcement he was also critical all. of the slow pace at which the a.m.a. approval for the sputnik v. vaccine has taken if the decision on sputnik the registration is made by our national regulator it will be enough to start using it as happened in hungary as for the european medicines agency it is very slow well new infections in the czech republic have started to relent in recent days that's following the country being gripped by a 3rd wave of the covert 19 pandemic now a recent poll showed that just under half of the czech citizens who were asked the question said that they would take the sputnik the vaccine without a.m.a. approval as long as health authorities from prague had given a green light now michelle the e.u. council president has also been speaking he acknowledged that there is differences between member states when it comes to the use of russia's sputnik the vaccine there's a lot of pressure and politicians people are getting impatien

this vaccine as well as use it this is not only my decision but i strongly support it and european medicines agency has yet to approve the russian vaccine but former european commission president jean-claude juncker says that if the regulator gives it the green light the e.u. should be included in the procurement program meantime the russian direct investment fund which is behind the sputnik the rollout says it's now in talks with germany on supplying the job berlin's made it clear that it will go ahead with using the shot if it passes the e.u. approval process that has been dragging on for several months already media commentator neil wallis things a huge bureaucracy is putting lives at risk. what your needs do is to save the lives of german citizens that's what we're doing here e v u k the european commission made a huge huge mistake at the beginning of this i think it is true that they saw it as simply a commercial issue what you don't allow is a huge bureaucracy to get in the way. out and in brussels we do european commission they allow bureaucracy to get in the way of putting needles lifesavin

this vaccine as well as use it this is not only my decision but i strongly support it the european medicines agency is yet to approve the russian vaccine but former european commission president jean-claude juncker says if the regulator does give it the green light the e.u. should included in the procurement program meanwhile the russian direct investment fund which is behind the sputnik the rollout says it's now in talks with germany on supplying the job made it clear that it will go ahead with using the shot if it passes the e.u. approval process which has been dragging on for several months now cancer surgeon bob thinks that europe's allowed politics to get in the way of saving lives. we need the vaccines and the problem is it was a political initially we many people in europe didn't except the russian vaccine and sputnik is a good vaccine and yet they were coming out and saying well this is not what we want let's look at the european at alternatives and you see here the problem is the politicians have fields to cover the nations with adequate back seeing dozes and this is a problem we have we d

stating that our safety committee the pharmacovigilance and risk assessment committee of the european medicines agency has confirmed that the benefits of the astra zeneca vaccine in preventing co bit 19 overall outweigh the risks of side effects. the european union's drug regulator the european medicines agency says after a safety assessment of the astra zeneca vaccine they are still encouraging people to get it that's despite finding a $169.00 cases of a rare brain blood clot after $34000000.00 doses the agency says while no clear link has been found they believe the clots are caused by any means response as a result the regulator will be listing the clots as a rare side effect of the astra zeneca vaccine this vaccine has proven to be highly effective it preventive severe to fees and hospitalized patients and it is saving lives vaccination is extremely important in helping us in the fight against cope at 19 and we need to use the back scenes we have to protect us from the devastating effects to miami it comes as u.k. authorities recommend that the astra zeneca vaccine should not be given to adults un

headline stories this hour the european medicines agency urges countries to keep using the astra zeneca. insisting it is safe. but. also ahead in the program. we made mistakes true a stark admission of failure is in the handling of the covert crisis the french president the country imposes a 3rd. of this in the u.k. a poll revealed sworn in for n.h.s. workers are more likely to quit 2020 many citing exhaustion from. we speak to british. side much. to help increase. the origin of. still a mystery a long awaited w.h.o. report from leaves many questions unanswered. 247 news live from the russian capital this is your r t thanks for sharing your time with us today our top story this hour. the european medicines agency has thrown its support behind the astra zeneca coalwood vaccine despite fears over severe blood clots the regulator is launching yet another investigation into the issue but insists country should keep using the show on. according to the current scientific knowledge there is no evidence that would support restricting the use of both vaccine in any population 2 weeks back in any

the european medicines agency has thrown its support the. vaccine the spite of your blood clots the regulator is launching yet another investigation into the issue but insists country should keep using the shot. according to the current scientific knowledge there is no evidence that would support restricting the use of the backfill in any population 2 weeks ago on the 18th of march we gave an interim update of the assessment and we concluded after time that the benefits of the after turning back in preventing codeine change with it. hospitalized patients and their outweigh the risks of side effects and our position has not changed another mentioned previously a causal link with the vaccine has not yet been progress but it is possible there are now if this is still ongoing well this astra zeneca saga continues doesn't it the latest being the head of the european medicines agency insisting there is no evidence to suggest the best mode of action here would be to restrict the use of the astra zeneca vaccine there is of course coming just days af

stating that our safety committee the pharmacovigilance and risk assessment committee of the european medicines agency has confirmed that the benefits of the astra zeneca vaccine in preventing cope with 19 overall outweigh the risks of side effects. the european union's drug regulator the european medicines agency says after a safety assessment of the astra zeneca vaccine they are still encouraging people to get it that's despite finding a $169.00 cases of a rare brain blood clot after $34000000.00 doses the agency says while no clear link has been found they believe the clots are caused by any means response as a result the regulator will be listing the clots as a rare side effect of the astra zeneca vaccine. this vaccine has proven to be highly effective it preventive severe to fifty's and hospitalized patients and it is saving lives vaccination is extremely important in helping us in the fight against cope at 19 and we need to use the back of scenes we have to protect us from the devastating effects to my it comes as u.k. authorities recommend that the astra zeneca vaccine should not be given to ad

once it gets the green light from the european medicines agency now the reason germany would be setting up its own deals is because the european commission has already said it's no plans to purchase sputnik v. as part of its joint procurement mechanism for the whole of the european union in response to that statement from germany we've heard from the foreign minister in france who said that he thinks that all a bit of a p.r. stunt designed to. give some confidence to the local market here in germany of course we've got a big election coming up in september election for the bundestag however the french foreign minister did say that he wouldn't rule out taking any vaccine based on where it come from saying that if it's a vaccine it's good it's a vaccine that's good when it comes to this all important european medicines agency approval for sputnik v. well the process is on the way it started on march the 4th it's expected to run through until the end of may when we should get an answer once that approval comes through of course we may well see a slew of e.u. nations jumping on board deals

the european medicines agency urges countries to keep using the astra zeneca coronavirus vaccine insisting it's safe also launching a probe into dozens of new cases of severe blood clots. is a sick of. this it did. every stage of this epidemic we might say to ourselves that we could have done better but we made mistakes true. a stark admission of failure is in the handling of the crisis by the french president as the country's death toll nears 100008 prong is forced to impose a 3rd national lockdown. also this hour there is fears of a nursing exodus in the u.k. as a poll reveals a one m. 4 and h s workers is more likely to quit now than in 2020 with many citing exhaustion from the pandemic we speak to one british nurse. with such ease it needs to be increased quite huge the cost of living aid has gone down the wages have increased the east side much trysts on the benefit of the government need to help increase the weight. and a year of restrictions of millions dad and the origin of coronavirus is still a mystery after a long awaited w.h.o. report. leaves many questions answered we ask a ru

european medicines agency countries to keep using the. sea despite launching a probe into new cases of red blood clots potentially linked to the job also ahead for you. this. i know that every stage of this epidemic we might say that we could have we made mistakes true. failures in the handling of the pandemic by the french president the country. fears of exodus and the poll reveals one in 4 health workers are more likely to quit. but we speak to one. side much. benefit of the government to help. millions dead in the origin of the coronavirus. a long awaited report from leaves many questions still. your news around the clock welcome to the program here with. the european medicines agency has thrown its support behind the. vaccine despite fears of a rare blood clots the regulator is launching yet another investigation into this issue but insists countries should keep using the injection. according to the current scientific knowledge there is no evidence that would support restricting the use of the vaccine in any population 2 weeks ago on

approval well sputnik the started being looked at by the european medicines agency on the 5th of march we're expecting that process to run through perhaps as long as the end of may once it gets the green light of course it can then be used all across the european union meanwhile austria's chancellor says an agreement spain reached with russia to buy a 1000000 doses of the sputnik medicine sebastian coe says it will turbo boost the country's vaccine program earlier last week the austrian chancellor also warned geo politics shouldn't get in the way of the vaccine approval process. was put new people have to queue up to ask for splitting to be it's a question of how long this approval process will last and for what reasons it's being protected i get the feeling that some are acting geopolitically here and i believe that when it comes to vaccination and public health care it shouldn't center around geo political questions but rather if a vaccine is effective and safe it should be used i personally share the opinion of the president of the doctors' chamber that the more vaccines we have the

in the headlines on r t the european medicines agency urges countries to keep using the astra zeneca chrono virus back scene insisting it's safe also launching a probe into dozens of new cases of severe love problems. just because. i know every stage of this epidemic we might say to ourselves that we could have we made mistakes this is true. a stark admission of failure is in the handling of the kobe crisis by the french president as the country's death toll nears 100008 chrono is forced to impose a 3rd national law. also this hour there is fears of a nursing exodus in the u.k. as a poll reveals one in 4 and they trust workers is more likely to quit now than in 2020 but many citing exhaustion from the pandemic we speak to one british nurse. we've had t.v.'s that needs to be increased but the cost of living baby has gone no white she's had to increase the east side much in the nurses and up to the government to help increase the weight. and a year of restrictions millions dead and the origin of corona virus is still a mystery after a long awaited report the move leaves many questions

ostracized because it's the spotlight again as the european medicines agency's vaccine chief makes it to call the families of those who died off to getting the shot demanding. twitter demands the removal of a decade old video wall for that u.s. war crimes claiming it violates the platform's policy on graphic content. on strangers stranded abroad for months are left with little option but to file a human rights complaint if a counter is a refusal to let them come whom we spoke to an australian stranded in russia. it is a gross violation of our human rights to return. or i should not be arbitrarily deprive the right to return to my home country. these stories are on the blog this is all to international always good to have you . well 1st up this hour how fresh questions have been raised. over to fight scene with father restrictions are placed on the job this comes off to a senior official from the european medicines agency says that may be a connection between the job and blood clots it's still unclear exactly how and why problems occur. shot it deepens he has the story. astra zeneca co