NIAC to consider possible AstraZeneca recommendations
Updated / Monday, 12 Apr 2021
10:41
Health Correspondent
The National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) will meet to consider further possible recommendations on the use of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.
Many EU countries have introduced age restrictions on the use of the vaccine, limiting its use to older people.
It follows the European Medicines Agency s finding last week, of a possible link between the AstraZeneca vaccine and rare blood clotting issues in adults who received it.
Last week, NIAC said that the overall benefit of the highly-effective vaccine, in protecting people from severe Covid-19 disease, hospitalisation and death, outweighed the risks of this very rare event.
Benefits of Vaxzevria/AstraZeneca outweigh the risks according to Acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr Ronan Glynn leitrimobserver.ie - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from leitrimobserver.ie Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
AstraZeneca vaccine Ireland latest as NIAC to recommend use only in those over 60
Experts are saying that the risk of developing a blood clot is ‘very rare’
The AstraZeneca Vaccine (Image: AFP via Getty Images)
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Health experts are expected to recommend that the AstraZeneca vaccine is only administered to people aged over 60 in Ireland.
NIAC recommends restriction of AZ jab to over-60s rte.ie - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from rte.ie Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.