LONDON, March 18 (Reuters) - A few people did not turn up
for vaccination appointments after the AstraZeneca shot was
suspended in some European countries following reports of blood
clots, England's chief medical officer Chris Whitty said on
Thursday.
"There are anecdotal reports which I'm sure will be accurate
that in some places a few people have not turned up immediately
after they heard the news," he told a Downing Street briefing.
"But the numbers were very small who did that actually;
almost record numbers have been going through in terms of
numbers of people taking up the vaccine."
(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge and Kate Holton, writing by
Paul Sandle, editing by Estelle Shirbon)