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Iceland halts Moderna jabs over heart-inflammation fears

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-10-iceland-halts-moderna-jabs-heart-inflammation.html

Iceland suspended Moderna anti-COVID vaccine

Chief Epidemiologist Þórólfur Guðnason

https://www.icelandreview.com/news/moderna-use-on-pause-in-iceland

Iceland will halt the use of Moderna vaccine

Decision was made after reviewing new data from the Nordic countries, which shows an increased incidence of myocarditis, as well as pericarditis

Decision was announced on website of the Directorate of health

https://island.is/en https://island.is/um-embaettid/frettir/frett/item47717/Notkun-COVID-19-boluefnis-Moderna-a-Islandi https://www.covid.is/covid-19-vaccine

“the increased incidence of myocarditis and pericarditis after vaccination with the Moderna vaccine, as well as with vaccination using Pfizer/BioNTech,”

Sweden

Currently restricts Moderna to people individuals born after 1991.

Norway and Denmark

Recommend against Moderna for children aged 12 – 17.

Finland halts Moderna vaccinations for young men

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-10-finland-halts-moderna-vaccinations-young.html

Mika Salminen, director of the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare Finnish health authorities, stop giving Moderna to young men, over fears of heart inflammation side effects.

Moderna “should not be given to men and boys under 30 years of age for the time being.”

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/different-vaccines/overview-COVID-19-vaccines.html

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billions of vaccines administered globally, demonstrates that they are safe and effective.

Side Effects

Side effects throughout the body (such as fever, chills, tiredness, and headache) are more common after the second dose of a Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, or Novavax COVID-19 vaccine.

Adverse Events

Severe allergic reactions to vaccines are rare but can happen.

There is a rare risk of myocarditis and pericarditis associated with mRNA COVID-19 vaccination, mostly among males ages 12–39 years.

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