AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine not recommended for Canadians over age 65: NACI

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Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) is not currently recommending the newly approved COVID-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca be used on people aged 65 or older.

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According to the NACI website, this is “due to limited information on the efficacy of this vaccine in this age group at this time.”

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However, the agency said the vaccine has “demonstrated an average efficacy of approximately 62 per cent in those aged 18-64 years of age.”

The vaccine received approval from Health Canada on Friday.

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NACI said it should be delivered in two doses four to 12 weeks apart.

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It became the third vaccine to receive regulatory approval in Canada, joining ones from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech.

Canada has ordered 24 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine.

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