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Norway May Refine Vaccine Strategy After Elderly Deaths

On: January 21, 2021

In: News

A nurse prepares a syringe with vaccine against Covid-19

Norway may fine-tune the vaccination of its oldest, sickest citizens as it tries to make sense of a recent spate of deaths. Having weathered the pandemic better than most, Norway suddenly made international headlines this month after revealing that more than 30 people — all over 70 and all alreadyContinue Reading

Svein Andersen, 67, is first in Norway to receive the Pfizer-Biontech COVID-19 vaccine in Oslo, Norway

Norwegian health officials have adjusted their advice on who gets a COVID-19 vaccine as 29 frail elderly people die

By: Christian Jukka

On: January 18, 2021

In: News

Norwegian health officials have warned that vaccinating the most frail older people with serious underlying health conditions could be dangerous after the country reported more than 25 deaths. The Norwegian Medicines Agency first reported on Thursday that 23 elderly people had died in a short time after receiving their firstContinue Reading