Norway’s health agency said the country should stop using the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, coming after the World Health Organization and European Medicines Agency have said the benefits of the shot outweigh its risks. “There is now significantly more knowledge about the connection between the AstraZeneca vaccine and the rare and serious incidents of low platelets, blood clots, and bleeding than when Norway chose to put further use of the AstraZeneca vaccine on pause in March,” said Geir Bukholm, director of infection control at Norway’s National Institute of Public Health, in a statement to news outlets. He added that “based on this knowledge, we have arrived at a recommendation that the AstraZeneca vaccine be removed from the coronary vaccination programme in Norway.” The Epoch Times has reached out to AstraZeneca for comment. “Patient safety remains AstraZeneca’s highest priority and the Company has robust processes in place for the collection, analysis and …