Angela Merkel last night defended Germany's decision to ban Oxford/AstraZeneca shots for under-60s as she and Emmanuel Macron made overtures to Vladimir Putin to get Moscow's Sputnik V jab into the EU. Merkel, who is 66 and a trained scientist, said she is open to getting the AstraZeneca jab herself, adding that 'the possibility of me being vaccinated is nearing'. 'In respect of the AstraZeneca vaccine, given the new scientific evidence ... the age limit is raised,' said a ministry statement Tuesday evening. Advertisement'So if people are more concerned about blood clots than they are Covid, I'd say they have their priorities all wrong. By contrast, in Britain - which has never suspended use of the jab or limited it to certain age groups - only nine per cent said the AstraZeneca jab was unsafe.

Source: Daily Mail March 31, 2021 00:04 UTC