Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and different Brazilian states on Tuesday suspended immunization of pregnant ladies with the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine on the recommendation of the nationwide well being regulator after a reported demise.The suspension was to stay in place till the well being ministry establishes the reason for demise of a lady in Rio de Janeiro who acquired the vaccine, Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga instructed a information convention.Queiroga stated the decision was made by a staff of consultants and was based mostly “exclusively on technical criteria.””It is not clear that the vaccine caused this blood clot. We are analyzing the details of the whole case to reach a conclusion and clarify what happened,” stated Jorge Kalil, a marketing consultant for the National Vaccination Program, who took half within the press briefing.Brazil’s well being regulator, Anvisa, advisable late Monday the “immediate suspension” of AstraZeneca vaccines for pregnant ladies consistent with its “constant monitoring of adverse events with anti-Covid vaccines used in the country.”Franciele Francinato, coordinator of the National Vaccination Program, stated pregnant ladies who had already acquired the primary dose of AstraZeneca ought to maintain off getting the second shot till the ministry issued new pointers.The Rio de Janeiro municipal well being secretariat stated in a press release that authorities had determined to droop utility of the vaccine to pregnant ladies and new moms within the state capital “until the investigation of the case of an adverse event in a pregnant woman is completed by the Ministry of Health.”Other municipalities within the state adopted the identical measure, and Sao Paulo state stated it could additionally cease vaccinating ladies with comorbidities.In all, 22 of Brazil’s 27 states have taken related steps, reported information web site G1.AstraZeneca stated in a press release that pregnant and nursing moms had been excluded from its vaccine exams, which it stated was frequent apply in scientific trials.”There were no adverse effects related to pregnancy observed in studies on animals,” it stated.Several European international locations have restricted AstraZeneca pictures to older individuals solely, after a hyperlink was made between the vaccine and really uncommon however usually deadly blood clots coupled with low platelet ranges.Denmark has deserted the vaccine solely and consultants in Britain have advisable individuals beneath 40 be given another.Brazil is immunizing the majority of its inhabitants with China’s CoronaVac, with restricted doses of AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines.The AstraZeneca shot represents about 26 p.c of all doses administered within the nation thus far.The Latin American big of 212 million individuals has given one shot to fifteen p.c of its inhabitants, and two pictures to seven p.c. It has been hit laborious by Covid-19, with a demise toll of greater than 423,000, second solely to the United States.