THE Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has advised the Department of Health (DoH) to temporarily halt the use of the vaccine manufactured by British-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca to persons below 60 years old.

The recommendation comes after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced on Wednesday that it has found "possible links" between the AZD1222 vaccine and blood clots in 16 reported cases across Europe.

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