Slovakian Health Minister Vladimir Lengvarsky has held expert consultations and decided to suspend the further use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine after an inoculated woman died from thrombosis, a spokeswoman for the health ministry said on Tuesday.

The European Union wants to receive all doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine it had previously secured before deciding whether or not to cooperate with the drugmaker in the future, European Commission spokesman Stefan De Keersmaecker said on Monday