Covid-19: Final decision on jabs for children due in days
The government believes there is a "strong case" for offering Covid jabs to healthy 12-15 year-olds, a source has told the BBC, as it awaits advice from the UK's chief medical officers.
Up to now the UK's four nations have followed the advice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation on the rollout of Covid vaccinations. This means the rate of transmission will also be a key consideration for the four chief medical officers.BBC health correspondent Nick Triggle said: "Ministers have let it be known they are very keen on getting this age group vaccinated - both through their public pronouncements and privately behind the scenes.
The JCVI said on Friday that children were at such a low risk from the virus that jabs would offer only a marginal benefit. But as children are at such low risk from the virus, the JCVI decided that vaccination would offer only "marginal gain" and, therefore, there was "insufficient" evidence to offer mass vaccination to this age group.
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