{"id":112860,"date":"2021-02-15T09:04:42","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T09:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=112860"},"modified":"2021-02-15T09:04:42","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T09:04:42","slug":"italian-official-says-not-wrong-to-use-astrazeneca-vaccine-in-those-up-to-65","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/markets\/italian-official-says-not-wrong-to-use-astrazeneca-vaccine-in-those-up-to-65\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian official says &#x27;not wrong&#x27; to use AstraZeneca vaccine in those up to 65"},"content":{"rendered":"<figcaption>A vial of AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is pictured at St. Mary&#8217;s Hospital, in Phoenix Park in Dublin, Ireland, February 14, 2021.  REUTERS\/Clodagh Kilcoyne<\/figcaption><p>ROME (Reuters) &#8211; Administering the AstraZeneca vaccine to those aged up to 65 would not be wrong, given the delays in supplies to Italy, the head of national medicines agency AIFA said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>When the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved the vaccine in January, it said there were not enough results to show how well it worked for those older than 55, though it could still be given to older people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe vaccine is indicated for all ages, but considering the lack of doses, it would not be wrong to suggest its use for those up to 65 years of age,\u201d AIFA President Giorgio Palu told the daily Corriere della Sera in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>AIFA recommended \u201cpreferential use\u201d of the vaccine for those between 18 and 55. But other nations such as France, Germany and Portugal raised the maximum age for vaccine recipients to 65.<\/p>\n<p>In order to avoid a third wave, keep down variants and limit contagion, Palu added that social distancing rules must be followed for the next two to three months, with school and university re-openings pushed back until the situation is better.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-health-coronavirus-italy-vaccine\/italian-official-says-not-wrong-to-use-astrazeneca-vaccine-in-those-up-to-65-idUSKBN2AF0GK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A vial of AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":112859,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23054],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Italian official says &#x27;not wrong&#x27; 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