Five- to 11-year-old children in England to be offered Covid vaccine
by Hannah Devlin and Nicola Davis from on (#5W74Z)
Pfizer/BioNTech jab to be offered to younger children as experts decide benefits outweigh risks
Children aged between five and 11 in England will be offered a Covid vaccine, the UK government has confirmed, after similar announcements from Wales and Scotland this week.
The move was recommended by the Joint Committee for Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), which decided that the vaccination programme should be extended to younger children after lengthy discussions on the benefits and risks.
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