Another suspension of the AstraZeneca vaccine
Ireland suspended use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine on Sunday, citing reports of unusual blood clotting problems among people who received shots in Norway. Several European countries have stopped using the shot as drug regulators investigate to determine whether there is evidence of any link.
Thailand delayed its rollout of the vaccine, which was to begin on Friday.
Major public health agencies, including the World Health Organization, point out that millions of people have received the vaccine without experiencing such blood clotting issues, and that experts have not found a causative link between any of the vaccines and the conditions.
Here are the latest updates and maps of the pandemic.
In other developments:

■ Hundreds of Tesla workers tested positive for the coronavirus after Elon Musk reopened a plant last May in California.

■ The last living male from a dwindling tribal community in Brazil has died from Covid-19.

■ The emergence of new virus variants in South Africa and Brazil has shown that vaccine makers cannot afford to wait years before testing whether shots made for rich countries work in poorer ones, too.
The New York Times