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South Korea calls for caution on AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine for elderly

FILE PHOTO: A health worker draws a dose of the AstraZeneca's coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine, at the vaccination centre in the Newcastle Eagles Community Arena, in Newcastle upon Tyne, Britain, January 30, 2021. [Reuters]

A panel of South Korean advisers has urged caution over the use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine for people older than 65, citing a lack of data, the food and drug safety ministry said on Friday.

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