Leo Varadkar Ireland Coronavirus Leo Varadkar Ireland

NIAC meeting to discuss Johnson & Johnson vaccine

Reading now: 422
www.rte.ie

The National Immunisation Advisory Council is meeting this morning to consider what advice to issue about the use of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine.

The European Medicines Agency this week said the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risks of unusual blood clotting events as a very rare side effect.

Last week, NIAC advised that an alternative vaccine manufactured by AstraZeneca should not be administered to anyone under the age of 60 in Ireland because of links to similar very rare blood clotting events.

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said he hopes that NIAC's advice will be that people under the age of 60 can get the single-shot J&J vaccine as there are enough vaccines for the over-60s.

Read more on rte.ie
The website covid-19.rehab is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA