German president gets AstraZeneca shot after blood clot scare
Bernama
April 2, 2021 14:52 MYT
April 2, 2021 14:52 MYT
German President Frank Walter Steinmeier attends a ceremony to award people with the state's Cross of Merit for their services during the coronavirus pandemic at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany March 26, 2021. Markus Schreiber/Pool via REUTERS pic
BERLIN: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, 65, received the first shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine against the coronavirus on Thursday as the government struggles to rebuild confidence in the drug, according to Sputnik.
"I trust vaccines that were approved in Germany. Today I received my first AstraZeneca shot. Vaccination is the decisive step on the way out of the pandemic. Use the opportunities! Join in!" he said in a statement.
The standing committee on vaccination at the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases recommended on Tuesday that the UK-Swedish vaccine be used in those aged 60 and over after cases of younger people developing blood clots caused Germany to suspend the vaccine rollout last month.
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