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EMA Executive Director Emer Cooke says an immune response is a 'plausible' explanation for blood clots resulting from the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine. SOUNDBITE
Tensions in the Middle East and shipping disruptions in the Red Sea could push eurozone inflation higher again, European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde warns at a press conference in Frankfurt. SOUNDBITE
The EU's economy commissioner says the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank in the United States does not pose a serious threat to Europe, amid investors' fears of contagion throughout the financial sector. "The possibility of indirect impact is something that we have to monitor but, at the moment, we don't see it as a significant risk," Paolo Gentiloni told reporters in Brussels as European stock were down heavily in afternoon trading. SOUNDBITE
IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva warns the global recession risks are rising and urges policy action "to regroup and to rethink how can we adopt a more proactive precautionary mindset that we had in the past." SOUNDBITE
The deputy executive director of EU's drug watchdog says during a press conference that a review of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine found its benefits increase with age, despite links to blood clots. SOUNDBITE
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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