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Austria has once again changed course on the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine. The vaccine will now be recommended for over 65s.
Austria on Friday indicated it would change its position on the AstraZeneca vaccine and will now recommend it be used for over 65s.
Austria’s National Vaccination Board said new data justified the expansion of the vaccine to all age groups.
Health Minister Rudolf Anschober welcomed the decision, saying Austria’s “vaccination campaign should now continue to pick up speed”.
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz also said the decision was positive for the country’s vaccination rollout.
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15:59 CET
Authorities in Vienna will start vaccinating over 65s with the AstraZeneca vaccine, in contravention of the recommendation of the Austrian government.
NOTE: As at March 5th, the Austrian government reversed its decision and will now recommend the AstraZeneca vaccine for over 65s. Click here for more.
Vienna’s City Councillor for Health Peter Hacker has announced he will be offering the AstraZeneca vaccine to over 65s in Austria’s capital over the next few weeks.
Ursula Wiedermann-Schmidt, the scientific director of the National Vaccination Committee, thinks the Viennese approach is “by no means wrong”, Wiener Zeitung reports.
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