Netherlands joins growing list of EU nations to suspend use of AstraZeneca jab

The Netherlands has become the fifth country to pause its AstraZeneca roll-out Ireland halted jabs on Sunday, following moves in Denmark, Norway and Iceland Follows reports of 'serious blood clotting ' in Norway in people who had vaccine Piedmont in Italy has stopped using batch of the vaccine after a teacher's death Comes as Sir Keir Starmer, 58, received his first jab of the Oxford-made vaccine He issued statement saying vaccine is 'safe, effective' and urged people to take it