AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine will not be recommended for over-65s in Sweden as country follows Germany’s lead
Sweden will not recommend the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine to over-65s, the country’s health ministry said today.
It comes after Germany advised against administering the jab to those over 65 and Emmanuel Macron claimed it was ‘almost ineffective’ for the age bracket.
It is not clear why Stockholm objects to the vaccine but the Germans said there was a lack of data to show how the vaccine affected elderly patients.
Swedish-British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has been open in saying that in their initial tests only 10 per cent of the participants were 65 or older. But, there are trials ongoing throughout the world to test its efficacy for those over 65.
An 102-year-old patient in Rio de Janeiro receives the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine on Monday