By Ismail Auwal
Cameroon has announced the suspension of the administration of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine.
The health ministry was scheduled to receive the vaccine on March 20 as part of the global vaccines sharing scheme COVAX.
The ministry said in a statement on March 18 that the suspension was for precaution and prudence. It gave no further reasons for the decision or if it will go ahead and take delivery of its share of the vaccine.
Several countries have resumed the use of shots on Friday after the European Union and British regulators said the benefits outweighed any risks after reports of rare instances of blood clotting that temporarily halted inoculations.
