Norway Recommends AstraZeneca's COVID Vaccine Only For People Under 65 - Health Authority

The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI) recommended a COVID-19 vaccine, developed by UK drugmaker AstraZeneca, only for people who are under 65 years old, FHI director Camilla Stoltenberg said on Thursday

MURMANSK (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 04th February, 2021) The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI) recommended a COVID-19 vaccine, developed by UK drugmaker AstraZeneca, only for people who are under 65 years old, FHI director Camilla Stoltenberg said on Thursday.

"The use of the AstraZeneca vaccine in Norway will only be recommended to residents under 65 years of age," Stoltenberg said, as quoted by the Norwegian NRK broadcaster.

According to the FHI director, regulators in Sweden, Germany and France made the same decision regarding the vaccine.

FHI specialist Sara Vatle said that there is uncertainly about the efficiency of the AstraZeneca vaccine for people above 65 years old.

Moreover, there is also a lack of data on its efficacy among those who are over age 55, Vatle added.

Norway now plans to receive fewer doses of AstraZeneca's vaccine than originally prearranged � 193,000 in February instead of 1.12 million. Meanwhile, Oslo decided to boost imports of Pfizer's vaccine. IFHI specialists also say that Norway may soon greenlight the use of COVID-19 vaccines developed by other manufacturers, including Johnson& Johnson.