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| The Italian authorities warned against panic, saying the temporary ban was only a precaution. (EPA) |
swissinfo.ch, 1st December 2014
The Italian authorities have declared a flu vaccine made by the Basel-based pharmaceutical firm, Novartis, to be safe after investigating a small number of deaths with possible connections to the jab. Italy had temporarily banned the vaccine last week.
A probe was being conducted into two batches of the vaccine, Fluad, after three people in Italy died after being administered it as a vaccination. Further similar incidents were reported as the news spread throughout the country.
On Monday, the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) said “the results of the tests confirm the safety of the flu vaccine”, adding that tests they had run had come back “completely negative”.