The decision was taken due to the vaccine's link with very rare cases of blood clots, the country's health agency said.

Søren Brostrøm, director of the agency, said despite the World Health Organization and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) favouring the use of the AstraZeneca jab, Denmark's vaccine campaign would continue without it.

Denmark official Tanja Erichsen faints during a Covid conference.

https://www.euronews.com/2021/04/14/denmark-becomes-first-country-in-europe-to-abandon-astrazeneca-s-covid-vaccine

"Overall, we must say that the results show that there is a real and serious side effect signal in the vaccine from AstraZeneca," said Brostrøm in a statement.

"Based on an overall consideration, we have therefore chosen to continue the vaccination programme for all target groups without this vaccine."

In Denmark, two recipients of the AstraZeneca vaccine have suffered severe blood clots, one of which was fatal.

Nevertheless, most vaccinations have been with the Pfizer-BioNTech jab.

About 150,000 people have received the AstraZeneca vaccine and will now be offered a different jab for their second dose, said Brostrøm.

Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine or nothing

AstraZeneca and JJ are death sentences.