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GENEVA/ZURICH&nbsp;- The top World Health Organisation scientist reiterated on Monday (March 15) that there have been no documented deaths linked to Covid-19 vaccines, after several nations suspended use of AstraZeneca’s shot to probe possible side-effects.

“We do not want people to panic,” WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said on a virtual media briefing, adding there has been no association, so far, found between so-called thromboembolic events reported in some countries and Covid-19 shots.

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World Health Organisation (WHO) Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan attends a press conference organised by the Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU) amid the Covid-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland July 3, 2020.

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GENEVA/ZURICH - The top World Health Organisation scientist reiterated on Monday (March 15) that there have been no documented deaths linked to Covid-19 vaccines, after several nations suspended use of AstraZeneca’s shot to probe possible side-effects. “We do not want people to panic,” WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said on a virtual media briefing, adding there has been no association,...

WHO scientist says no deaths linked to Covid-19 shots, urges against panic