Health authorities in Canada advise that people over the age of 65 should avoid using the AstraZeneca vaccine

The National Advisory Committee for Prevention in Canada advised against using the “AstraZeneca” anti-corona virus vaccine for those over the age of 65 years.

The health authorities indicated that “evidence of the effectiveness of the vaccine for this age group is not sufficient.”

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At the same time, the health authorities confirmed that “there is no concern about the safety of the vaccine for this group according to the results of clinical trials, nor according to the results of vaccinating the elderly in countries that have approved the use of the” AstraZeneca “vaccine and began to vaccinate people over 65 years of age.

Last Friday, the Canadian health authorities agreed to use the British-Swedish “AstraZeneca” vaccine.

Source: Canadian CTV

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