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Germany Probes AstraZeneca Vaccine After Berlin Halts Use for People Under 60
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0:43Now PlayingGermany is reassessing AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine after the capital Berlin suspended its use for people under the age of 60, citing new data on potentially dangerous side effects.
Dilek Kalayci, the city’s top health official, said that both Germany’s independent STIKO vaccine commission -- which is supported by the RKI public-health institute -- and the Federal Institute for Vaccines will make new recommendations on how to proceed. Those could be published as soon as Tuesday.
It’s a fresh blow for Astra’s vaccine, and another threat to Europe’s inoculation campaign. Germany and a number of other European countries temporarily suspended the Astra jab earlier this month before resuming use after the European Union’s drug regulator said it was safe.
Regional German health ministers will also discuss the Astra vaccine with federal government officials at a special meeting later on Tuesday. RKI spokeswoman Susanne Glasmacher confirmed that the vaccine commission is assessing the latest information on the Astra vaccine.
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