Spain approved AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine for use in people aged 18 to 55 on Friday, becoming the latest country to limit the shot to younger people due to a lack of data on its use among the elderly, Reuters reports.
Italy also recommends its preferential use for adults of 55 and under, while Germany, France, Austria, and Norway will only administer the shot to people younger than 65.
Separately, Madrid confirmed the region’s first case of the Brazilian COVID-19 variant on Friday, while the national health ministry said it was not aware of any other cases of the highly contagious strain on Spanish territory.
Catalan authorities announced Spain’s second known case of the South African variant on Wednesday, a day after the government restricted air travel with Brazil and South Africa to curb the spread of the virulent new strains from those countries.
