Australia to continue AstraZeneca vaccine rollout, review EU findings

A patient speaks with the nurse after receiving an AstraZeneca vaccine while Australian Health Minister Greg Hunt (L) looks on in Melbourne

* Urgent inquiry ordered into Europe AstraZeneca findings * Australia heavily reliant on AstraZeneca vaccine * Chief medical officer says blood clots rare Australia has no current plans to change the rollout of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday, after Europe's drug regulator found possible links between rare blood clots and the vaccine. ‘At this point, there is no advice to suggest there would be any change to the rollout of the vaccine,’ Morrison told reporters in Canberra. The European Medicines Agency on Wednesday said it found rare cases of blood clots among some adult vaccine recipients, although it said the vaccine's advantages still outweighed the risks.