Ministers 'consider coronavirus vaccine rethink' after AstraZeneca chaos
Dutch NewsThe government will announce if there is to be a change in the vaccination strategy at Tuesday’s press conference, following widespread criticism of the approach to the AstraZeneca vaccine, broadcaster NOS said on Monday evening. Last week health minister Hugo de Jonge said the Netherlands would stop using the AstraZeneca vaccine on the under 60s because of the risk of developing rare blood clots. The national health council said last week that the vaccine should not be given to the under 60s but appeared to back pedal on Monday, saying that the under 60s should be able to choose. Delays The health council has also suggested that the government can consider increasing the length of time between the two jabs of the Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca vaccine.