For those under the age of 55, Canadian experts have recommended a ban on the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine. They made the recommendation on Monday, local time. News from AFP and CNN.The provinces of Manitoba and Quebec have been warned to comply with the guidelines of Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization and Health."There is uncertainty about the effectiveness of the AstraZeneca vaccine for people under the age of 55," Howard Enzu, Canada's deputy chief public health officer, told a news conference. For the time being, we are suspending the application of the AstraZeneca vaccine to these ages. '
But Health Canada's chief medical officer, Supriya Sharma, said there had been no cases of blood clots in anyone's body after taking the astragenera vaccine in Canada.The NACI earlier this month called for the application of the AstraZeneca vaccine to 18- to 64-year-olds.
AstraZeneca vaccine was approved in Canada last February. Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer-Bioentech and Mordana vaccines are also approved in the country.Several countries have recently suspended Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccinations for fear of blood clots. However, the vaccine is safe and effective, according to AstraZeneca, the World Health Organization, the European Drug Control Agency and the UK Drug Control Agency. It should be continued without stopping the application of this ticker. Later in different countries this ticker started to be applied again.The vaccine was jointly developed by Oxford University with the UK-Sweden-based pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.