European Medicines Agency's safety committee meet today as part of investigation into AstraZeneca vaccine

It will also hold an extraordinary meeting on Thursday, when it will make a final call on whether the Covid-19 jab is safe.  

Ireland is among several European countries who have temporarily stopped using the vaccine, over fears it causes blood clots. 

Professor Karina Butler, the head of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee, says she's aware this could cause some vaccine scepticism#:

"Of course, that's one of the main considerations we have because you're always worried about knocking confidence in the vaccination programme, but what I would hope that when people understand why this is done, that it was purely to make sure that their confidence can be maintained, that it would actually be seen as a positive."

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