Children aged 12 to 15 may start getting single dose of Covid vaccine within weeks
Children aged between 12 and 15 look set to start getting Covid-19 vaccines as early as next week, though they may only need a single jab to ensure protection.
Children aged between 12 and 15 look set to start getting Covid-19 vaccines as early as next week, though they may only need a single jab to ensure protection.
Parents have vowed to keep children at home to avoid them being “peer pressured” into having a Covid jab, while scientists warn half have not yet been exposed to the virus.
The benefits of children attending school outweigh the risk of contracting and spreading COVID-19, although cases in children are set to soar in the autumn, said a new report from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), published on Thursday (8 July).
Sexual harassment, online sexual abuse and sharing nude photos are becoming “normalised” among school children, according to a review by Ofsted.
The trial of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in children has been paused while regulators investigate reports of a rare form of blood clot among adults.
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