There is ‘insufficient’ evidence to offer mass vaccination to healthy children aged 12-15, the UK’s vaccine advisory body JCVI has said.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has announced that it is widening the rollout to more children in this age bracket who have underlying health conditions.
However, it is not recommending mass vaccination of children aged between 12 and 15.
The programme is being extended to include children with chronic major heart, lung, kidney, liver and neurological conditions.
BREAKING: #COVID19 vaccines for healthy children aged 12 to 15 are not being recommended by the government's advisers.
The JCVI has announced it is widening the rollout to the most at-risk children in this age group who have underlying health problems.https://t.co/IboloPzYnL pic.twitter.com/A77tUYc1gE
— Sky News (@SkyNews) September 3, 2021
