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French health minister expects verdict on AstraZeneca jab on Thursday

Tue, 16th Mar 2021 08:32

PARIS, March 16 (Reuters) - French Health Minister Olivier
Veran said on Tuesday that he expected a verdict from the
European scientific community on AstraZeneca's COVID-19
vaccine on Thursday that would allow the inoculation campaign to
resume as soon as possible.

Veran also told reporters that the risk-reward ratio for the
vaccine remained positive.

"We expect some kind of verdict from the European scientific
community by Thursday afternoon, allowing us to resume the
campaign," Veran said.
(Reporting by Matthieu Protard and Sudip Kar-Gupta)

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