Germany urged to follow Britain’s vaccine strategy as regulators look set to approve AstraZeneca for over 65s Germany is likely to change course on its recommendation not to give the AstraZeneca vaccine to over 65s, saying errors had been made 28 February 2021 • 8:25pm Germany was under pressure to change its Covid vaccination strategy on Sunday after the country's top vaccine regulator acknowledged that advice against giving the AstraZeneca jab to over 65s had been flawed. The announcement came as a term of German scientists called on the government to follow the UK in delaying second doses after a study showed it could save up to 15,000 lives.