A new poll suggests that trust in AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine in many European countries has plunged following controversy around the jab in recent weeks.
The survey by British pollsters YouGov carried out in the week to 18 March found a majority of people in the largest European Union member states, including Germany, France, Spain, and Italy, now see the inoculation as unsafe.
However, views towards the AstraZeneca jab remain overwhelmingly positive in Britain, where two-thirds of respondents said it is safe, compared with just 9% believing it is not.
The findings come at a tumultuous time for the coronavirus vaccine AstraZeneca – by the Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical firm - and the EU's troubled inoculation campaign, as a third virus