FILE PHOTO: A man walks outside a tent during preparations to turn the long-term car park at Fiumicino airport into a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination centre, in Rome, Italy, February 5, 2021. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
ROME (Reuters) - Administering the AstraZeneca vaccine to those aged up to 65 would not be wrong, given the delays in supplies to Italy, the head of national medicines agency AIFA said on Monday.
When the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved the vaccine in January, it said there were not enough results to show how well it worked for those older than 55, though it could still be given to older people.
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