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AstraZeneca denies reports its COVID-19 vaccine has low efficacy in elderly people – ABC News
Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca calls claims its COVID-19 vaccine is not very effective for the elderly “completely incorrect”, after German media report the…
Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has denied media reports that its COVID-19 vaccine is not very effective for people over 65.
Key points:
- AstraZeneca said media reports about the vaccine’s efficacy in the elderly were “completely incorrect”
- The company said strong immune responses had been shown in blood analysis of elderly trial participants
- The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine has not yet been approved in Australia
In separate reports, German daily papers Handelsblatt and Bild said the vaccine had…
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