Angela Merkel mixes vaccines, gets Moderna as second jab after AstraZeneca first dose

German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Credit: Reuters File Photo

German Chancellor Angela Merkel received a Moderna coronavirus vaccine as her second jab, after getting AstraZeneca as the first, a spokesman said Tuesday.

The 66-year-old took her first dose of AstraZeneca's vaccine in April, more than two weeks after German authorities then recommended use of the jab only for people aged 60 and over.