French’s Haute Authorite de Sante (HAS) health regulator formally approved on Friday the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, in a move that was widely expected after the European Union’s EMA drug regulator has also express its support for the vaccine.

‘Given the data given by the EMA, it is the HAS’ belief that vaccination with the AstraZeneca vaccine can resume immediately‘, said the French regulator in a statement.