london irish health officials on sunday recommended the temporary suspension of the astrazeneca vaccine after reports of serious blood clotting after inoculations in norwaydr ronan glynn irelands deputy chief medical officer said the recommendation was made after norways medicines agency reported four cases of blood clotting in adults after receiving the astrazeneca vaccinehe said that while there was no conclusive link between the vaccine and the cases irish health officials are recommending the suspension of the vaccines rollout as a precaution danish norwegian and icelandic authorities have taken similar precautionary stepsastrazeneca said in a statement sunday that it would like to offer its reassurance on the safety of its covid19 vaccine based on clear scientific evidencethe safety of the public will always come first the britishswedish biopharmaceutical company said adding that its keeping this issue under close review but available evidence does not confirm that the vaccine is the causethe company said that a review of safety data of more than 17 million people who have received the astrazeneca vaccine in the european union and the uk has shown no evidence of an increased risk of pulmonary embolism deep vein thrombosis dvt or thrombocytopenia in any defined age group gender batch or in any particular countrythe world health organization and the european unions medicines regulator have previously said that there was no link between the jab and an increased risk of developing a clot