 |  | Denmark will suspend its use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine for another three weeks pending further investigations into a potential link between the vaccine and blood clots, broadcaster TV 2 reported on Thursday, citing sources. |  |
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 | The light is at the end of the tunnel and "we will defeat this virus", Chancellor Angela Merkel told Germans on Thursday, just a day after she asked the country to forgive her U-turn on a circuit-breaker lockdown over Easter. |  |
 | Bahrain has turned a mall largely emptied by the coronavirus pandemic into a vaccination hub as the Gulf state races to protect its population from COVID-19. |  |
 | AstraZeneca's said its COVID-19 vaccine was 76% effective in a new analysis of its U.S. trial - only a tad lower than the level in an earlier report this week criticised for using outdated data. |  |
 | AstraZeneca said its COVID-19 vaccine was 76% effective at preventing symptomatic illness in a new analysis of its major U.S. trial, slightly lower than the level announced this week in a report criticised for using outdated information. |  |
 | AstraZeneca said on Thursday its COVID-19 vaccine was 76% effective in a new analysis of its U.S. trial - 3 percentage points lower than the level in an earlier report this week criticised for using outdated data. |  |
 | Many countries are resuming use of the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker's vaccine after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) said the benefits outweighed the risks following investigations into reports of blood clots. |  |
 | AstraZeneca published updated results from its major U.S. COVID-19 vaccine trial, after health officials there publicly criticized it for using "outdated information" to show how well the immunization worked. |  |
 | Israel has administered two doses of COVID-19 vaccine to more than half its population, the health minister said on Thursday, a world-beating roll-out that has helped the country emerge from pandemic closures. |  |
 | Poland is likely to report a daily record of around 34,000 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, private radio RMF said, quoting unnamed sources, as the government is expected to announce new restrictions. |  |
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