Why is AstraZeneca pulling a Covid vaccine that ‘saved over 6.5 million lives’?

The first patient receives the AstraZeneca jab in Oxford on January 4, 2021 (Picture: Getty)Almost three and a half years after 82-year-old Brian Pinker became the first person to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid, the jab has been withdrawn globally.
No new doses will be manufactured or supplied.The company has blamed a lack of demand as newer options became available, targeting more recent variants.But it has also been dogged with headlines about a rare side effect, with the vaccin