According to information from the Australian Department of Health, Australia has stopped using the AstraZeneca vaccine since March 20 last year. The discontinuation of this vaccine was expected.
Catherine Bennett, a professor of epidemiology at Deakin University, said in an interview that the vaccine was removed as it had been replaced by other vaccines.
The AstraZeneca vaccine was approved for primary vaccination in people aged 18 years and older from 15 February 2021 and as a booster shot from 8 February 2022. But from October 2021, after the newer Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines became more popular, the AstraZeneca vaccine was only available if the recipient specified it. Although it needs to be admitted that the AstraZeneca vaccine did play a protective role in the early stage of the new crown epidemic, slowly, its *** was also discovered.
The AstraZeneca vaccine has been shown to cause a very rare blood clotting disorder called thrombotic thrombocytopenia (TTS), which involves lower blood clots and platelet levels that are more susceptible to people under the age of 60.
For this reason, Australian officials changed their vaccination recommendations in 2021 to only allow people over 60 years old to be vaccinated. According to a June 2022 report by the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) Bureau, 8 people died in Australia after the AstraZeneca vaccination*** It is worth noting that long before Australia, many European countries have announced the ban on the AstraZeneca vaccine.
In March 2021, nine European countries, including Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Italy, Estonia, Latvia, Luxembourg and Lithuania, decided to suspend the AstraZeneca vaccination programme on the grounds that the vaccination could induce blood clotting and blood clots. This is a serious and potentially life-threatening *** In early March 2021, the Austrian Federal Health Security Agency noted on its official website that two people in the same batch of AstraZeneca's new crown vaccine in the Zwitel region of Austria developed symptoms of blood clotting and blood clots after being injected. A 49-year-old woman died of severe blood clotting disorders after receiving the batch, the report said; Another 35-year-old woman developed a pulmonary embolism and is currently in **.
On March 2, 2021, Annamaria Mantile, a 62-year-old teacher in Italy, died suddenly of an intestinal infarction at home. It is reported that four days before her death, she had received the AstraZeneca vaccine at the Mostra d'Oltremare vaccine center. At the strong request of the family, an autopsy was performed on the deceased, and the results showed that the cause of death was intestinal infarction, which was caused by the onset of the gastrointestinal circuitry of the abdominal wall, often referred to as "colic hernia", and the resulting hemorrhagic shock and cardiac arrest were often fatal, and the teacher's symptoms of vomiting and abdominal pain before his death were symptoms of intestinal obstruction.
This is the threat of the AstraZeneca vaccine***, and although the incidence is extremely low, the threat is real.
Finally, since the launch of the new crown vaccine, there have been many cases of serious *** caused by vaccination, although the incidence may not be high, but no one can guarantee that it will not be their turn.
Just like this father in Australia, he originally received the vaccine for work, but he didn't expect that his life would be ruined if he couldn't do his job, but fortunately he finally got the first compensation, but compared to compensation, this father may prefer to have a healthy body to play with his children.
It is hoped that as research and development continues, there will be more efficient and non-effective vaccines in the future, so that everyone can fight the invasion of the virus with more peace of mind.