Germany will in turn authorize the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 for people over the age of 65, following recent encouraging medical studies, Angela Merkel announced on Wednesday (March 3).
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"The (German) vaccine agency, and we will gladly follow its recommendations, will authorize AstraZeneca for groups of older people"
, over 65, said the German Chancellor after a meeting on the national anti-Covid strategy with the regional states of the country. So far, Berlin had not authorized this vaccine for people over 65, arguing insufficient data.
