BERLIN: German health officials agreed on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) to restrict the use of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine in people under 60, amid fresh concern over unusual blood clots reported in a tiny number of those who received the shots.

ONE SHOT A medical staff prepares a syringe from a vial of the AstraZeneca vaccine
in Ebersberg near Munich, Germany, on March 30, 2021. At least seven countries, led by Germany and Canada, have stopped administering their citizens of AstraZeneca vaccines due to reports of blood clots. AP PHOTO

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