Health advisers to the UK’s central and regional governments on Monday recommended that all children aged 12 to 15 be vaccinated against Covid-19, but not.
Despite a successful vaccination campaign, the coronavirus continues to spread rapidly in the UK, with officials worried that the situation could get worse after the start of the school year.
However, vaccinating children against Covid-19 is a controversial issue that has provoked a heated public debate.
The British Joint Vaccination and Immunization Committee (JCVI), which advises the UK health departments, believes that the benefits of vaccinating children, from a primarily health perspective, are too small to support a universal program to vaccinate otherwise healthy children.
However, chief health advisers to the governments of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland argued that vaccines should be made available, taking into account broader issues such as education and health. They said vaccinating children aged 12 to 15 years would help reduce the spread of Covid-19, which is essential in the fight against the pandemic.
The current plan is for children to receive only one dose of Covid-19, and the JCVI has been asked to collect data on whether a second dose will be needed.
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