Furthermore, the ministers have also decided that those who have already been vaccinated with AstraZeneca for the first time will also receive AstraZeneca a second time, regardless of age. There was doubt whether they would not be better off getting another vaccine for their second shot. But that will not be the case.
“The studies in the United Kingdom, among others, have shown that it is very safe,” said Beke. Anyone who did not suffer from rare blood clotting on the first shot will certainly not have it with the second shot, research shows.
This mainly concerns people in the healthcare sector. They had already received the AstraZeneca vaccine for the first time, at the beginning of the vaccination campaign before an age limit was set. This includes people younger than 56 (and now 41).
Minister Beke also says that Flanders “can implement its vaccination schedule on the basis of these decisions”. “That is important. Today we put the 2 millionth vaccine in Flanders and in this way we can maintain our strategy.”
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