In the National Vaccination Committee's recommendation to citizens to get the vaccine of AstraZeneca "Only those over the age of 60," said the full professor of pediatrics and chair of the National Vaccination Committee, Maria Theodoridou, during the briefing on the National Vaccination Coverage Plan against the disease COVID-19.
This vaccine is administered in our country to people aged 30 and older. The committee reached this decision—namely, to recommend that the vaccine be administered to people over 60—because the epidemiological data have improved significantly and «the course of the pandemic »In the country—thanks in part to vaccination—the situation is improving, and a further steady decline in cases is being recorded," said Ms. Theodoridou.
The committee recommends that citizens who have scheduled an appointment for their first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine be given the option to choose one of the other three available vaccines. Additionally, Those who have already received their first dose should continue with the same vaccine. Those who experienced serious side effects after the first dose of the vaccine are exempt from this recommendation. As the professor said, the risk from the coronavirus continues to outweigh the risk of blood clots and Cases of potential side effects occurring after the second dose are extremely rare.
He also noted that vaccinations are proceeding at a rapid pace, gradually building up herd immunity, adding that recommendations may be updated based on the latest data.
Finally, Ms. Theodoridou emphasized that no vaccine has been implicated in reduced fertility and clarified that a couple trying to conceive using various techniques do not need to wait 2 to 3 months after vaccination to begin treatment, as they can start the process as early as 7 days after vaccination.
