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Australia will recommend the AstraZeneca vaccine only for people aged over 50 amid concerns over rare blood clots.
About 1 million doses of vaccine, including both Pfizer and AstraZeneca, have been adminstered in Australia to date.
The Novavax jab is likely to become the third vaccine approved in Australia.
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The Netherlands limits AstraZeneca to those over 60
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Amsterdam | The Dutch government will limit use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to people above age 60 following rare cases of blood clots, Health Minister Hugo de Jonge said on Thursday.
The decision came a day after Europe’s medicines regulator said it found rare cases of blood clots among some adult recipients of the shot, although the vaccine’s advantages still outweighed its risks.
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