Top EMA official suggests ditching AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine where others are available

A top official in the European Medicines Agency said it might be worth abandoning AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine for all age groups where alternatives are available.Marco Cavaleri, the EMA’s head of vaccine strategy, told Italy’s La Stampa newspaper in an interview published on Sunday that the Johnson & Johnson jab should be preferentially used for the over 60s.Both so-called viral vector vaccines are authorised for everyone over 18 but have been dogged by reports of rare blood clots.Several…

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