The European Medicines Agency (EMA) remains "highly convinced" that the benefits of the Astrazeneca vaccine outweigh its risks, according to EMA Executive Director Emer Cooke at a Tuesday press conference.
"We are still firmly convinced that the benefits of the Astrazeneca vaccine in preventing Covid-19 with its associated risk of hospitalization and death outweigh the risk of these side effects," she says.
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