German leader Angela Merkel will reportedly get her first shot of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine Friday — despite her nation being one of many limiting its use over blood-clot fears.

The 66-year-old chancellor will become the most high-profile person in the European nation to get the shot, which has been halted in more than a dozen countries over the clots, Welt said.

Merkel is only eligible to get the AstraZeneca shot because she is 66, with its use in Germany halted for those under 60.

The European Medicines Agency has said the benefits of the vaccine far outweigh the potential risk, especially for older people who are more likely to suffer a serious form of COVID-19.

Merkel’s office declined to confirm the report about her planned shot, referring instead to her spokesman’s comments Monday that the chancellor would be vaccinated “soon and the public will be informed about it then.”

Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier got the shot earlier this month, saying at the time, “I trust the vaccines approved in Germany,” Welt noted.

Politician Karl Lauterbach — a scientist who has helped at a vaccination center — also got the same shot, insisting that it was a “highly effective vaccine” with only “very rare” serious side effects.

Germany has recorded more than 3 million coronavirus cases and nearly 80,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data.

With Post Wires