Washington, Aug 9 (IANS) One person was killed and another injured during a shooting which took place in the parking lot of a store in the US state of Pennsylvania, authorities said.
Northampton County District Attorney Terry Houck told local media that the shooting took place at at about 2.15 p.m. in Lower Nazareth Township, reports Xinhua news agency.
He did not however, reveal the victims' identities.
Shots were exchanged between at least two vehicles following a verbal altercation in the parking lot, said Houck.
Police were still in the preliminary stages of their investigation, he added.
Norway, Iceland, Bulgaria, Thailand, and Congo soon followed suit. On Saturday, Norwegian authorities reported that four people under age 50 who had gotten the AstraZeneca vaccine had an unusually low number of blood platelets.
In a statement, the U.N. health agency said “the ample data from large clinical trials” shows the J&J vaccine is effective in adult populations. The emergency use listing comes a day after the European Medicines Agency recommended the shot be given the green light across the 27-country European Union.
Denmark's Health Authority said its decision was “based on a precautionary principle” and that one person who developed a blood clot after vaccination had died.
Dr. Anita Thomas, executive vice-president and provost at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota, said watching Meghan’s interview with Winfrey was emotional.
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