ROME, March 11 (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario
Draghi and European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen
agreed on Thursday there was no evidence of a link between the
AstraZeneca vaccine and blot clots seen in Europe,
Draghi's office said.
Earlier on Thursday several European countries fully or
partially suspended use of the AstraZeneca shot after reports of
thrombotic events after it had been administered.
During a phone call between Draghi and Von der Leyen "it
emerged that there was no evidence of a connection" between the
inoculation and the thromboses, a statement from Draghi's office
said.
Von der Leyen said the European medicines agency had
nonetheless launched "a further, accelerated review" into the
AstraZeneca vaccine, the statement said.
(Reporting By Gavin Jones, editing by Angelo Amante)