ROME, March 18 (Reuters) - Italy will resume using the
AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from Friday, Prime Minister Mario
Draghi said, following a report by the European Medicines Agency
which judged that its benefits outweighed risks.
Italy was among a dozen countries that had suspended the use
of the vaccine earlier this week after reports of rare blood
disorders in a handful of people who had recently received a
jab.
"The government's priority remains to vaccinate as many
people as possible as quickly as possible," Draghi said in a
brief statement.
(Reporting By Gavin Jones, editing by Crispian Balmer)
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