4 hours agoEU state recommends that Oxford vaccine be used for people under 55
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(5 years ago)The regulators in Belgium are the last in Europe to advise against vaccinating elderly persons with the AstraZeneca company by vaccine due to lack of data about its efficiency in this age group. Belgian Health Minister Frank Vandenbrouke said the High Health Council has suggested that vaccines for the time being [...]
Belgian Health Minister Frank Vandenbrouke said the High Health Council has suggested that vaccines for the time being should only be given to people under 55, writes The GuardianReport Express.
The High Health Council says very clearly that AstraZeneca vaccine is a very good vaccine for people from 18 to 55, but it also says that today we don't have enough data to say for sure it works so well with older people. If you are not sure, the advice is to start using the vaccine in people under 55 years of age”, the minister said.
However, he announced that this counsel is not final. It's preliminary advice. Maybe we'll have the necessary data in a few weeks. Right now we're going to be safe”, he added.
The European Drug Agency has approved the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine for all persons over the age of 18, but the lack of data for its effect on elderly persons has prompted some advisory organs in EU member states to call for caution.
The Belgian authorities' decision came after similar moves were taken by France, Germany, Poland and Italy, which expelled the vaccine or warned for caution against taking this vaccine from persons over the age of 65.
