Tue Oct 26, 2021 – 9:58 pm EDTTue Oct 26, 2021 – 10:52 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) – Sweden took further action against Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine last week and Norway halted all second COVID jab doses for adolescents amid heightened concerns among European countries of heart inflammation related to vaccination.
On Thursday, Sweden extended a pause on the Moderna Spikevax vaccine issued earlier this month, citing a recent Nordic study that found an elevated risk of heart inflammation in young people given the shot.
Sweden’s Public Health Agency said in a statement that the jab would be indefinitely suspended for individuals under age 31. The agency had previously planned to lift the moratorium on December 1.
“The background to the decision to pause the use of Spikevax for people born in 1991 and later signals an increased risk of myocarditis and pericarditis,” the Public Health Agency said Thursday.
The following day, Norway’s top health agency announced that it would not recommend a second dose of any COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents between ages 12-15 before additional investigation.
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) said in a press release that there is “no basis” for offering a second
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