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And senior government officials incorrectly briefed German newspaper Handelsblatt that the AstraZeneca jab was only eight percent effective in over-65s.
The YouGov study revealed concerns over the safety of the jab has risen in the last three months.
It was found that 40 percent of respondents in Germany believe the AstraZeneca vaccine is unsafe, while 43 percent said it was safe.
And in France 43 percent said the same of the Oxford-produced shot, but only 33 percent thought the jab was safe to use.
AstraZeneca vaccine shunned by Europeans after French and German attacks on jab (Image: GETTY)
French President Emmanuel Macron said the AstraZeneca jab was quasi-ineffective in older people (Image: GETTY)