Germany's vaccine advisory committee recommends people under 30 be vaccinated only with the Biontech/Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine as it showed a lower number of heart inflammations in younger people than the Moderna vaccination, reports Reuters.

The committee, known as STIKO, has also recommended that pregnant women, independent of their age, be inoculated only with the Biontech/Pfizer vaccine as well.

STIKO based its recommendation on new safety data from the Paul Ehrlich Institute, Germany's authority in charge of vaccines, and new international data.

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