Berlin, July 3 -- : Germany on Friday recommended that people mix AstraZeneca COVID vaccines with Pfizer or Moderna to enhance immune responses against coronavirus and shorten the interval period between the two shots.

The German government advised people to choose either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine for their second jab, reported NHK World.

The move came one day after the country's standing committee on vaccinations issued a draft recommendation to the same effect.

The committee recommended the second dose be administered four weeks or more after the first AstraZeneca shot. That's much shorter than the nine or more weeks the committee recommends between two doses of AstraZeneca, reported NHK World.

Health Minister Jens Spahn said that...