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Spain broadens use of AstraZeneca Covid jab to adults under age of 65
AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday by extending it to adults under the age of 65.Authorities will consider giving it to older people after they analyse a US study that AstraZeneca said showed the jab provides strong protection to all adults, Spanish Health Minister Carolina Darias said on Monday.Also Read | Six wrong calls on post-covid economyDisclosing the results of a long-anticipated study, the British-Swedish drugmaker said its vaccine was 79 per cent effective overall at preventing symptomatic cases of Covid-19, including in older people, and that none of the more than 30,000 volunteers in the US study were hospitalised or developed severe Covid-19.Speaking to reporters during a weekly briefing, Darias said Spanish officials