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AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine ‘not recommended’ in people 65 and older: NACI

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AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine ‘not recommended’ in people 65 and older: NACI

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Published on March 2, 2021

Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) is not recommending the use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine in individuals aged 65 years and older, due to “the insufficiency of evidence of efficacy in this age group at this time.”

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