Clinical studies on mixing COVID-19
vaccines say this can be done with a high degree of safety, the
head of Italian drugs agency AIFA told Italian radio Wednesday.
Italy has banned the AstraZeneca jab for he under-60s and said
those in this age bracket who have had a first dose of AZ will
follow it with a Pfizer or Moderna jab.
The science on mixing vaccines is based on "clinical studies
which have been done with the utmost ethical rigour," and "the
safety regarding the administration is very elevated", AIFA
Director-General Nicola Magrini in remarks to Rainews24.
"We must be more than tranquil" about following up an AZ jab
with a Pfizer or Moderna one, he said.
Magrini noted that "several other countries" had made the same
decision due to a slim risk of blood clots after the AZ jab.
The Italian decision on barring AZ for the under-60s came after
the death from a cerebral haemorrhage after a blood clot of
18-year-old Italian woman Camilla Canepa.
Magrini also said that adverse reactions to the Jonson & Johnson
vaccine were less frequent than other ones.
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