m.r. cook their head of the european medicines agency now questions about astra zeneca could put african countries in particular in a difficult spot more than 14000000 doses of the vaccine have been delivered to countries on the continent by the international kovacs facility the democratic republic of congo has already suspended its use i'm joined now by correspondent that collette she in accra is it good to have you on the show now gonna has received some 600000 doses from kovacs of the. vaccine what are you hearing there so down here we've not had a report of people having side effects in the usual reaction of people gates we think in vaccines was what we had we had from people. like block head from euro. and of course we've had our government officials and those in charge of the health sector are saying that there are no reports of major side effects especially black cloud that has become a major issue globally so. we don't have any major issue with a vaccine that is the only thing we have a

new backing for astra zeneca coronavirus vaccine european medicines agency director m.r. cook called the safe and effective vaccine yes was that a vaccine has come under scrutiny after some patients received it later suffered blood clots prompting european governments to suspend its use the e m a said thursday there was no evidence linking the vaccine to a higher risk of clots. or countries across the globe are racing to get their hands on those drone of vaccines including astra zeneca but a new study by the world bank suggests few are creating public campaigns around vaccination the study released thursday shows that while 85 percent of nations surveyed have focused on delivery chains for the job just over a quarter have created strategies to encourage vaccination in the public less than a 3rd of countries meanwhile have created training programs for the large number of vaccinators needed the world bank surveyed more than 100 countries. joined now by moms of more to she's vice president for human development at the world bank want to thank you for coming on the show 1st let's

investigation by the european medicines agency and ultimately a big press conference by their director m.r. cook in which he said that the astra zeneca vaccine was fine for. or use a lot of countries where that prompted a lot of countries to repeal that suspension including germany or england merkel has said that the country is going back on the reversal of the suspension and the astra zeneca vaccine will now no longer be used for anyone under the age of 60 across germany. i completely understand being cautious but the problem of stopping the vaccination all the time is that we are already so far behind compared to the rest of the world and that is very disappointing because there are many restrictions and vaccines are the only thing we're trusting so we need to receive clear messages for citizens not to get confused. i feel that they're now really rushing ahead too fast if you look at the side effects they're very rare if you read the information leaflets of aspirin or ibuprofen or any other those have much more serious side effects and we swallow those daily more or less so i think it is there

there was a big press conference in which m.r. cook their director, came out and said that astra zeneca was safe for use. the world health organization also said that the benefits of taking the astra zeneca vaccine far outstripped any potential risks. well, following all of that, we're right back to square one with regards to a suspension here in germany. angle of merkel has now announced that the astra zeneca vaccine will not be used in anybody under the age of 60, across the country. that's following potential links between the covert 1000 vaccine and blood clots. german political analyst gave us a sense of the feeling within the country about the latest developments. as i look at a very computer set of tires, and this is not going to the leaders of the people who are already relaxed it to change the dangerous astra zeneca it sees around and it actually will increase the reluctance to get these things. because what we're seeing now is the regulatory body that may, is not to be trusted, that they're anxious is not going to consume us.

medicines agency giving a press conference on the their findings into the astra zeneca virus misses m.r. cook was speaking earlier on executive director of the agency saying this is a safe and effective vaccine the benefits outweigh the possible risks she also said there was no link to the throne balik events which had been recorded in several countries though those reports of rare blood clots which had occurred amongst certain or a few members of the public who had been given the astra zeneca virus astra zeneca covered the 19 vaccination should say the mccain is joining us live from berlin dominic this is fairly unequivocal isn't that. fairly unequivocal and in one context fairly unsurprising rob because earlier in the week emma cook was saying substantially what we just heard there saying that in the view of the e m a pending the review we've just heard from that that they believe that this was a safe and effective vaccine well now we have the outcome of that review now we have certainty from the point of view of the most senior regulatory body of vaccines medicines in the e.u. that it is s

head m.r. cook says her organization so far believes the benefits of the astra zeneca product outweighed the risks a number of people have died after getting vaccinated in the e m a is still looking into whether there is any link to the vaccine or coke also stressed that they were taking the reports of blood clotting effects very seriously but final report will be released on thursday here's a part of what she said just a minutes ago take a listen when the investigation is ongoing we are currently we are still firmly convinced that the benefits of the are so pathetic that vaccine in preventing poke at 19 with a thorough fated risk of health before i they found that outweigh the risk of the side effects. in the meantime anyone who has received the vaccine and heard any come theron's should contact their appropriate care professional it's important that people who suspect that they have a side effect after vaccination report this to the national medicines regulator or to a health care professional who

are going courage ing people to keep getting vaccinated and earlier today the agency's director m.r. cook says there is no evidence that the astra zeneca vaccine has caused blood clots . is no indication that vaccination has caused these conditions they have not come up in the clinical trials and they're not listed as known arse or expected side effects with this vaccine in clinical trials both of oxidative people on the people who are thieves that perceive 0 have shown small some very small numbers of clot talked about months. we don't know the number of throw and balika bands overall in the vaccinated people seems not to be higher than the seen in the camera population. and that was the m. a director speaking a little earlier let's go straight to brussels correspondent garrick motus for more on this all important story the european union medicines regulator we just heard says there is no indication that astra zeneca vaccines are the cause of reported blood clots so is this the final word yes and no and they lie thing must be beyond know because they are launching an investigation they'r

definitively a link between these cases and the vaccine and that was m.r. cook speaking just moments ago to be a correspondent very good is on the story there at the end they has spoken did they provide that much needed clarity to reassure countries who have suspended the use of the shot that it is indeed safety use well the verdict was that's a crystal clear the vaccine is safe of course you can never rule out a connection with anything but there is no evidence that in these cases this clothes very caused by the vaccine so the. u.s. said please continue this vaccination because the benefits. way out the risk or maybe there are no risk at all we don't know we have a money toward further and this is also a normal process that's of course there are reports about side effects in the vaccination campaign huge and this they will monitor it and they will draw conclusions but this is nothing unusual and kook said also if it were me i would get the shot tomorrow all right now astra zeneca getting again so the 2nd time that go ahead an endorsement from the a.m.a. but i w

remain very rare and they are encouraging people to keep getting vaccinated on the agency's director m.r. cook a says. there is no evidence that blood clots are more likely after the astra zeneca shot there is no indication that back nation has called these conditions they have not come up and. they're not listed as known arse or expected side offense with this vaccine in clinical trials both about the native people on the people who are thieves that thiebaud have shown small some very small numbers of plot talked about months. we don't know the number of thromboembolism bans overall in the vaccinated people seems not to be higher than seen in the camera population all right let's take you straight to brussels correspondent garrick my tissue is following this all important story for you georg the european union medicine as a regulator said just moments ago that there is no indication that the astra zeneca vaccine is the cause of reported by clause does this now finally put an end to the matter. well i know she said there's no indication at the present so they're looking into the matter they're

to keep getting vaccinated and the agency's director m.r. cook says there is no evidence that the astra zeneca vaccine has caused blood clots there was no indication that the nation has called these conditions they have not come up and clinical trials and they're not listed as known arse or expected side offense with this vaccine in clinical trials both about the native people on the people who are thieves that her thiebaud have shown small some very small numbers of plot talked about months. we don't know the number of trouble and balika bends overall in the vaccinated people seems not to be higher than the seen in the camera population and that was the m.a. director speaking a little earlier let's go straight to brussels correspondent garrick motus for more on this all important story the european union medicines regulator we just heard says there is no indication that astra zeneca vaccines are the cause of reported blood clots so is this the final word yes and no liasing must be the answer or no because they are launching an investigation they