European regulator: AstraZeneca vaccine is safe and effective
PA Media
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said the benefits of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine “outweigh the possible risks”. Emer Cooke, EMA executive director, told a press briefing: “The committee has come to a clear scientific conclusion. “This is a safe and effective vaccine. Its benefits in protecting people from Covid-19, with the associated risks of death and hospitalisation, outweigh the possible risks.
Today's Headlines
probe | Man (28) shot dead in Dublin apartment named
'Ray of Sunshine' | Young girl (4) who died in Sligo caravan park accident named locally as Alice Dunleavy
Blame game | Fraudster claims Catriona Carey ‘forged his signature’ and they had ‘intimate’ relationship
Major search | Garda probe launched after body of Dublin man (28) found with ‘gunshot wounds’
garda sting | Seizure of €8.4m a 'massive loss' to organised crime group
Father and Son | Jack Keating teases possibility of new family reality show with dad Ronan
Scorcher | Met Éireann issue heat stress notice as hot spell to rival Algarve temperatures
Knot safe | Ask Dr Angela: Can I play bondage games on my own?
Hashed away | Cannabis worth €300k seized from ‘concealed compartment’ in car and house
'Leading Light' | Funeral details announced for tragic Tipperary hurler Dillon Quirke (24)