Professor Carsten Watzl, secretary general of the German Society for Immunology
The European Medicines Agency has approved the vaccine for all adults, but both France and Germany ruled that it should not be given to the over-65s. France s government has since said it wants to rehabilitate the AstraZeneca vaccine.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4 Professor Watzl said: I think Germany will also reverse course soon. In order for us to reach our vaccination goals we need people to get this [AstraZeneca] vaccine. We do know that the vaccine works in that age group. The recent data from Scotland clearly show it elicits an immune response, the elderly are protected from severe disease by this vaccine.