France abolished its upper age limit on the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, and Germany is poised to follow, as both countries struggle not to waste hundreds of thousands of unused doses. Olivier Véran, the French health minister, said the jab would be available to all age groups, after previously being limited to those under 65. The age limit had turned into a hindrance to the inoculation campaign, making it harder for officials to find eligible recipients. SponsoredIn France, the decision to reserve the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab for people aged between 50 and 64, while targeting the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines at the over-75s, has left people aged 65 to 74 complaining that they have been left out. A recent poll also found that half of Germans would

Source: The Times March 02, 2021 00:22 UTC