AstraZeneca withdraws COVID Vaccine worldwide, weeks after admitting its’s rare side effects

British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca is currently withdrawing its COVID vaccine worldwide, months after it admitted for the first time in court documents that it can cause a rare and dangerous side effect, sources reported.

The application to withdraw the vaccine was made on March 5 and came into effect on Tuesday, the report added.

The vaccine, developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, was produced by the Serum Institute of India as Covishield.