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."
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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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