Follow RT on Ireland’s Covid vaccine rollout has received a double dose of good news, as its National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) has approved the Johnson & Johnson shot and relaxed the age limits imposed for AstraZeneca’s jab.
The state had limited the AstraZeneca vaccine to those aged 60 and older, after a European Medicines Agency (EMA) review found a possible link between the shot and rare blood clots. Most of the reported clots were in women aged under 60.
The NIAC’s new guidance was approved by the Irish government on Tuesday and the age restriction will now be eased, meaning all residents aged over 50 will be allowed to receive the jab. The relaxed rules and addition of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine should see Ireland speed up its rollout across the country.
Operation Vaccination injects hope for better times
Updated / Saturday, 8 May 2021
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Vaccines have changed the war against coronavirus. They have given us new armoury against a devastating threat to the world. The roll out is also lifting the spirits of the nation after a period of unprecedented gloom.
When the history of our fight against Covid-19 is written, the great achievement will be how the world swung from defensive, to offensive mode, in under a year. It will also be about how science, medicine and facts sought to lead from the front and why truth matters when life itself is on the line.
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Ampoules with the Gam-COVID-Vac (Sputnik V) vaccine at a mobile Covid-19 vaccination site outside the Viktoria shopping center. (Photo by Vitaly NevarTASS via Getty Images)
Covid-19 vaccines developed in China and Russia could be introduced in South Africa if they get approval from the Health Products Regulatory Authority.
Health minister Zweli Mkhize confirmed government’s intention to acquire enough of Russia’s Sputnik V and China’s Sinovac doses to vaccinate 10 million people.
But both vaccines have shown diminished efficacy in combatting Covid-19 variants, particularly 501Y.V2.
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