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Angela Merkel given Moderna as second COVID-19 jab after having AstraZeneca as first

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Angela Merkel has received the Moderna vaccine has her second inoculation against COVID-19 having had the AstraZeneca jab as her first dose, the German Chancellor’s office said.

“Yes, we confirm” that Mrs Merkel was recently injected with a second vaccine dose, the mRNA from the American Moderna,” a spokesperson told AFP.

The Chancellor, aged 66, received an injection of the AstraZeneca vaccine on April 16, after its use had been suspended for a time in Germany following revelations of several cases of blood clots in Europe.

The spokesperson then tweeted a photo of Merkel’s vaccine certificate as proof of the injection.

Use of the AstraZeneca vaccine, administered to several German leaders including the president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, is reserved in Germany to people aged over 60.

Photo: Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel. EPA-EFE/HENNING SCHACHT / POOL

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