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The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the corona vaccine from the pharmaceutical company Astrazeneca for people over 65 years of age.
Taking into account the current data situation, the WHO recommends the vaccine "for use in people aged 65 and over," said the Committee of Experts on Immunizations in Geneva on Wednesday.
In addition, the vaccine can also be used in areas where corona mutants have occurred.
In Germany and several other European countries, the vaccine developed with the University of Oxford is only approved for people under 65 years of age.
The responsible regulatory authorities point out that there is a lack of reliable data on the effectiveness of the vaccine in older people.
South Africa also postponed its vaccination campaign because a study found that Astrazeneca's vaccine was not fully effective against the corona mutant discovered in South Africa.
The country now wants to use the corona vaccine from the US company Johnson & Johnson instead.
Astrazeneca has recently faced massive criticism because the company is initially not delivering as many vaccine doses to the European Union as planned.
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