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France To Replace AstraZeneca Booster With mRNA Jab In Under-55s

 
• By Ian Schofield

The French authorities believe that the “heterologous prime-boost” approach is justified in the case of people aged under 55 years who are due to receive their second dose of the AZ COVID-19 vaccine.

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The South African coronavirus variant is one of those at large in France • Source: Alamy

The French government says that people under the age of 55 years who have had their first injection with the Oxford/AstraZeneca PLC COVID-19 vaccine should be given an mRNA vaccine as a booster in view of the incidence of unusual blood clots seen in younger populations who were given the AstraZeneca jab.

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