Italy Halts AstraZeneca Vaccine for Under-60s After Teenager Dies
Italy Halts AstraZeneca Vaccine for Under-60s After Teenager Dies
Camilla Canepa died on Thursday aged 18 after being given the vaccine on May 25.

The Italian government said on Friday it was restricting the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to people over the age of 60, after a teenager who had taken the shot died from a blood clot.

Camilla Canepa died on Thursday aged 18 after being given the vaccine on May 25, triggering a storm of controversy in Italy over the Anglo-Swedish brand being given to adults of all ages despite previously-raised medical concerns.

"AstraZeneca will only be used for people over 60," the country's special COVID commissioner Francesco Figliuolo told reporters at a news conference.

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