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The UK will start offering vaccinations this week to children aged five to 11, who are most at risk of coronavirus, the National Health Service said today.
Britain has been slower than some other countries in providing vaccines to children aged 5-11 and is not planning to vaccinate the age group more widely, unlike countries like the United States and Israel.
NHS England said the children will receive their first vaccine against COVID-19, in line with advice issued last month by the Joint Committee on Vaccines and Immunization.
“I would like parents and carers to make sure that no new vaccines for children would have been approved if the expected standards of safety, quality and effectiveness had not been met,” said Maggie Throup, the UK’s vaccine minister.
“I encourage as much as possible to make sure they pick up their child when contacted,” she added.
Children will be given two doses of 10 micrograms of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which is one-third of an adult dose.
Infections are currently high among school children in England, with the Office for National Statistics estimating that almost 12% of new school students had coronavirus in the week ending 22 January.
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