Marco Cavaleri

Semua pihak perlu terus berwaspada dan harus bersedia untuk kemunculan varian baharu dan kemungkinan lonjakan kes COVID-19 terutamanya pada musim sejuk akan datang.

Only a handful of countries had previously given the nod for coronavirus vaccinations in younger children.

Cavaleri said emerging data from real world evidence are showing that two doses of vaccines are protective against the Delta variant.

Cavaleri says AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine had a favourable risk-benefit profile for all age groups, particularly for those aged over 60.

Several European Union member states have restricted its use to those in the age range 50 to 65, due to very rare cases of blood clotting, mainly among young people.

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India's second wave of coronavirus infections continued to swell as it reported a record 115,736 new cases overnight.

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Cavaleri says that there is a link between the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine and blood clots.