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'@@ -1,0 +1,1 @@ +British patients are cancelling appointments for their vaccine because the EU's mass revolt against 's jab over unproven blood clot fears has scared them off, it was claimed today.<br>Doctors involved in the UK's mammoth roll-out say Brits due their second dose have called with concerns about the vaccine, despite the EU's own drug regulator, as well as the UK's and the all insisting it is safe. <br>One GP claimed up to 10 per cent of people scheduled for appointments were either not showing up, asking to cancel or double-checking which vaccine they were getting before turning up. <br> doctor and volunteer Dr Karan Raj claimed he was 'inundated' with people saying they were worried about it and Dr Mohan Sekeram, a GP in South London, said the international row has led to patients refusing the vaccine. <br>It comes as the former chief of Britain's vaccine regulator the MHRA, Sir Kent Woods, said European officials had 'dented public confidence' with their 'disorderly' reaction to the issue, and he described [https://Www.biggerpockets.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&term=attempts attempts] to link the jab to clots as 'a big jump'.<br>And people will die of Covid because of the delays in Europe and the damage being done to public trust, warned Professor Jeremy Browne, a lung doctor and member of the JCVI, locksmith definition meaning ([https://us.centralindex.com/company/1451218153226240 Full Post]) which drew up the UK's vaccine programme.<br>Doctors and officials warn it is far more dangerous for people to not get vaccinated and even the EMA has urged people to keep taking the vaccine because blood clots don't appear to be any more common than usual.<br>Officials and scientists fear the knee-jerk reactions from more than a dozen countries in Europe, which is staring down the barrel of a third wave because of its own haphazard vaccination drive, risk derailing Britain's attempts to vaccinate its way out of lockdown if people start to back out of getting their jabs. <br>Britons on the street yesterday claimed the row hadn't put them off, calling it 'scare-mongering' and saying 'the chances of getting hit by a bus are probably higher' - but others said it had made them nervous about getting the jab or added to concerns they already had about its safety.<br>Matt Hancock today urged people to keep getting [https://Www.thefashionablehousewife.com/?s=AstraZeneca%27s%20vaccine AstraZeneca's vaccine] and said Britain must 'keep calm and carry on jabbing' if it wants to get life back to normal. <br>The Health Secretary is expected to reassure the public at a Downing Street press conference scheduled for 5pm tonight.<br><br>He is also expected to brag about the vaccine roll-out steaming ahead, with everyone over the age of 50 in England now being invited for their appointment. <br>It came as Dominic Cummings today launched a devastating attack on Mr Hancock, insisting the vaccine drive was only a success because he and science chief Patrick Valance insisted he was stripped of control.<br><br>In an extraordinary assault, the maverick former No10 chief said the Department of Health was a 'smoking ruin' last spring after disasters over PPE procurement and therapeutics.<br> Dr Karan Raj, a surgeon and lecturer at Imperial College London (left), said he has been 'inundated' with comments on TikTok from people who are worried about the vaccine.<br><br>But David Sharp, 71 (centre), a retired chef from Hackney, and Amanda Emin, 35 (right), a customer support worker from Leytonstone, said they were not worried about the news<br> <br> More than a dozen countries in Europe have stopped using AstraZeneca's vaccine amid unproven concerns it is linked to blood clots<br> more videos <br><br>DM.later('bundle', function()<br>DM.molFeCarousel.init('#p-25', 'channelCarousel', <br>"activeClass" : "wocc",<br>"pageCount" : "3.0",<br>"pageSize" : 1,<br>"onPos": 0,<br>"updateStyleOnHover": true<br>);<br>);<br>Dr Raj, who is an NHS surgeon and Imperial College London lecturer, said the hysteria in the EU was having a knock-on effect in the UK, particularly among younger people.<br>He is part of of a team of volunteers trying to educate people about vaccine lies and myths online and said he felt compelled to create a video after being contacted by hundreds of people worried about getting the jab. <br>Dr Raj said: 'I have been inundated in comments on my videos about people scared about the AstraZeneca vaccine and blood clots and worried about receiving first and second doses.<br>'They've seen the news from Europe about different countries suspending their vaccination and that has made them worried with some saying they won't get a jab or will wait for a Pfizer one.<br>'It's one thing to have some sort of conspiracy that goes online and that becomes a vaccine myth which is worrying, but this is at a governmental, official level.<br><br>Naturally people listen to this and are led more easily by these concerns because it's at official level.<br>'But the UK has delivered more of these jabs than the rest of Europe put together and hasn't seen the concerns that have been highlighted in Europe so I thought it was the opportune moment to put out a video to emphasise that.' <br> RELATED ARTICLES <br><br><br><br>Share this article<br>Share<br>271 shares<br><br><br><div class="art-ins mol-factbox news halfRHS" data-version="2" id="mol-83fe38e0-870e-11eb-ac3b-e58b30bcbd0a" website patients &apos;cancelling Covid vaccinations&apos; amid Europe row '