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Worsening infection numbers – Hungary to give AstraZeneca jabs to people over 60
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Hungary plans to extend the use of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine to people older than 60 after data showed its efficacy in the group, Surgeon General Cecília Müller said on Wednesday as the country ramped up its inoculation campaign.
A week ago, Hungary became the first European Union member to start inoculating people with China’s Sinopharm vaccine after rolling out Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine as well, even though neither has been granted approval for emergency use by the bloc.
In order to ensure as many people as possible get at least a first dose of a vaccine fast,
the Hungarian government has already extended the gap between the first and second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. It also has widened the gap between the AstraZeneca doses to 12 weeks.
“A new change is that it (AstraZeneca jab) can be given to everyone above the age of 18 without any age limit.
There has been sufficient data that proves its efficacy also for older people,” Muller said in a briefing.