The likely Social Democrat (SPD)-led next German coalition government under Otto Scholz will continue the "wobbly" policies of retiring Chancellor Angela Merkel and still be unable take a strong stand on its national and wider European security interests, analysts told Sputnik. Scholz and his Social Democratic Party (SPD) emerged as…
Denmark and Norway have become the latest European countries to recommend people aged over 65 should avoid the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine.
Medical regulators in both countries said more evidence about the vaccine s effectiveness among older people is needed before it can be safely recommended to them.
Germany, France and Sweden have also discouraged people aged over 65 from taking the jab, while Switzerland has refused to approve it, saying new studies are needed.
It comes after a mighty row between the EU and AstraZeneca over the supply of jabs, and despite the fact that Oxford scientists who developed the vaccine and UK PM Boris Johnson have dismissed concerns about its safety.