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The European Medicines Agency yesterday licensed the AstraZeneca vaccine for people aged 18 or over.

As was expected, European regulators have authorised AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine for use in adults across the European Union.

The European Medicines Agency yesterday licensed the vaccine for people aged 18 or over. Though concerns were aired about the vaccine's effectiveness when used by older people, this endorsement will, in one way or another, speed up the delivery of essential defences. This is the third vaccine approved by the European Medicines Agency, after drugs made by Pfizer and Moderna were sanctioned previously.