France changes tack and approves AstraZeneca shots for under-75s

France will allow people under 75 with existing health problems to get the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, the health minister said, departing from an earlier stance that the vaccine should be for the under-65s only.
 

The reassessment is likely to help speed up France's vaccination campaign which many have criticized as too slow. As of Saturday, 4.55 million people had received at least one shot of an AstraZeneca, Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna vaccine.
 

That compares to 6.17 million in Germany and up to 20.9 million in Britain.
 

Health Minister Olivier Veran told France 2 television that raising the age limit would enable