Germany postpones vaccination summit over AstraZeneca furor

BERLIN (AP) — The German government says it will postpone a virtual summit on the country’s vaccination efforts until after the European Medicines Agency has met over reports of dangerous blood clots in some recipients of the AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine. A growing number of European countries — including Germany, France, Italy and Spain — have suspended use of AstraZeneca’s vaccine, though the company and international regulators say there is no evidence the shot is to blame. In a statement Tuesday, the government said the summit would be postponed until after EMA’s meeting, which is scheduled for Thursday. Germany’s summit on the country’s slow vaccination campaign and on ways to speed this up was planned for Wednesday