Spain to resume use of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday

MADRID - Spain will resume administering AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine from next Wednesday, Health Minister Carolina Darias said on Thursday.

"The decision was taken unanimously as the benefits outweighed the risks, in line with the findings from the European Medicines Agency," Darias told a news briefing after a meeting with regional health chiefs on the subject. Spain and about a dozen other countries had suspended the use of the shot earlier this week after reports of blood disorders, but the EU drugs regulator EMA said earlier on Thursday it was convinced the benefits of the vaccine were greater than the risks.