[서울=뉴스핌] Reporter Wonjin Choi = The German government recommended that AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford jointly develop the COVID-19 vaccine to be vaccinated only under the age of 65.
According to Reuters news agency on the 28th (local time), the immunization committee under the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), a health agency of the German Ministry of Health, made an initial recommendation on the day that “Astrezeneca vaccine should be vaccinated only for 18-64 years old.” Announced.
This is due to the lack of evidence of vaccine efficacy for the elderly. The committee explained, “There is currently a lack of data to evaluate vaccine efficacy from 65 years of age.”
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) will decide whether to approve the conditional marketing of AstraZeneca vaccine on the 29th. It is also observed that the EMA may not recommend vaccination for the elderly over the age of 65.
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