Template:Portal:Current events/2021 March 14

Current events of March 14, 2021 (2021-03-14) (Sunday)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in France
      • Labour Minister Elisabeth Borne tests positive for COVID-19.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland
      • The Government of Ireland temporarily suspends usage of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine following reports of blood clots and other severe side effects in four vaccinated people from Skandinavia, one of whome died.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
      • COVID-19 vaccination in Italy
        • Piedmont temporarily suspends the usage of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine following the report of a teacher from the town of Biella had died after recieving the vaccine.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands
      • The Netherlands temporarily suspends the usage of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine following until March 29 reports of from Denmark and Skandinavia of severe side effects.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Manitoba
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta, Lineage P.1
      • The Province of Alberta in Manitoba reports its first case of the Lineage P.1 variant first detected in Brazil.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Bahrain
    • Bahrain eases some of its lockdown restrictions, allowing cafes, restaurants, sports facilities and swimming pools to reopen, but restricts public gatherings to only 30 people.
  • COVID-19 vaccine
    • AstraZeneca provides an update from 17 million people who were given the vaccination in the United Kingdom and European Community saying that there is no risk of increased pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis, or thrombocytopenia, in any defined age group, gender, batch nor in any particular country.