Florida vaccine plan for children denounced as ‘irresponsible and reckless’

Surgeon general says state will be first in US not to recommend Covid vaccination for healthy children, prompting condemnation

Health experts have widely denounced Florida's decision to recommend against Covid-19 vaccinations for children, describing it as irresponsible", reckless" and dangerous".

In a pronouncement which stunned experts on Monday, Florida's controversial surgeon general Dr Joseph Ladapo said the state would be the first to recommend against" Covid-19 vaccination for healthy children".

This story was amended to correct a misspelling of the name of Florida's surgeon general, Dr Joseph Ladapo.