The Italian government said on Friday it was restricting the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to people over the age of 60, after a teenager who had received the shot died from a rare form of blood clotting.
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Camilla Canepa died on Thursday aged 18 after being given the vaccine on May 25, triggering a media and political outcry over the Anglo-Swedish company's shot being used for adults of all ages despite previously-raised medical concerns.
"AstraZeneca will only be used for people over 60," the country's special COVID commissioner
Francesco Figliuolo told reporters.
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People under the age of 60 who have received a first dose of AstraZeneca should be given a different vaccine for the second dose, the government's chief medical adviser
Franco Locatelli said at the same news conference.
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"The risk-benefit assessment has changed," Locatelli said, without mentioning the death of Canepa, who suffered from a low platelet count, brain haemorrhage and abdominal blood clots. AstraZeneca was not immediately available to comment. Like many European countries, Italy briefly halted AstraZeneca inoculations in March over concerns of rare blood clotting problems, mainly in young people.
The Italian government said on Friday it was restricting the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to people over the age of 60, after a teenager who had received the shot died from a rare form of blood clotting.
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