At a tourist resort in northern Port Louis, Mauritius on the 10th, a nurse inoculates a resort employee with the AstraZeneca Corona 19 vaccine. Port Louis (Mauritius) = AP Yonhap News
Vaccine experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended that the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) vaccine developed by the multinational pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca (AZ) and the University of Oxford in the UK can be used for the elderly over the age of 65.
According to the AFP news agency, the Expert Strategic Advisory Group (SAGE), the WHO’s immunization advisory group, said on the 10th (local time) that “WHO recommends the use of the vaccine to people over the age of 65, given the totality of available evidence.” Revealed. In addition, he added that the AZ vaccine “can be used where the mutation is present,” despite recent studies showing that it is less effective against mutant viruses originating in South Africa.
The AZ vaccine, which the Korean government planned to intensively vaccination centered on nursing facilities in the first quarter of this year, lacks data related to the elderly over the age of 65, and controversy over the effectiveness and safety of the vaccine is currently rising. France, Germany, and Sweden also recommend vaccinating only those under the age of 65.
The Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety decided to authorize the domestic use of the AZ vaccine on the 10th, and stated in the precautions for use that’the use for the elderly over the age of 65 should be carefully decided.’
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