"The AstraZeneca Covid vaccine is being withdrawn worldwide, months after the pharmaceutical giant admitted for the first time in court documents that it can cause a deadly side effect. The vaccine can no longer be used in the European Union after the company voluntarily withdrew its ‘marketing authorisation’. The application to withdraw the vaccine was made on March 5th and came into effect on Tuesday. Similar applications will be made in the coming months in the U.K. and in other countries that had approved the vaccine, known as Vaxzevria."