In a major blow to big pharma and multiple speculators and investors in the artificial Covid crisis, Switzerland, home of Europe’s wealthiest people has banned the use of Britain’s hapless AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines. How ironic if the problem-laden company joined millions of other businesses forced into bankruptcy by the wholly opportunist response by government. Belgium will not vaccinate those over the age of 55 years.

The decision makes Switzerland it the only country in Europe not to authorise doses of the Oxford-produced jab for use. The Swiss medical regulator claimed there was a lack of data to reach conclusions on the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine.

SwissMedic said: ‘For the vaccine from AstraZeneca, the data available and evaluated to date are not yet sufficient for approval.

In order to obtain additional data on safety, efficacy and quality, data from new studies are required.’

The move runs counter to the decision made by the European Union’s drug watchdog, which Switzerland is not a member, to green-light AstraZeneca’s Covid jab last week.

There is a growing list of EU countries refusing to allow the use of the vaccine in older people. France, Germany, Italy, Sweden and Poland have all advised against use for people over a certain age, pregnant women and those who have in the past suffered from the side effects of vaccines.

SwissMedic said it will wait for further information from two clinical trials in North and South America before making a final decision. Despite its wealthy medical industry, Bern has been sluggish with its attempt to roll out coronavirus jabs. It has only managed to administer 315,000 doses of vaccines, at a rate of 3.64 per 100 people. There is a marked reluctance of people who realise they are being used as guinea pigs.

Despite a number of European countries moving against the AstraZeneca vaccine, its makers continue to defend the jab. Director Andrew Pollard, of the Oxford Vaccine Group, said people should be reassured that the vaccine is safe and producing a ‘strong immune response’ for older people. Downing Street said the jabs were safe but it has to be remembered that the conservatives, notoriously rich, unscrupulous and opportunist, are major investors in the British vaccine. Source