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Germany, France, Italy suspend use of AstraZeneca vaccine

by Frank Jordans
| March 15, 2021 9:09 AM

BERLIN (AP) — Italy’s medicines regulator on Monday announced the precautionary, temporary ban on using AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine amid new reports of people developing dangerous blood clots after taking the shot.

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