The JCVI has recommended vulnerable children aged five to 11 be offered a new paediatric formulation of the COVID vaccine. Its deputy chairman Professor Anthony Harnden explains why the 'benefit' of vaccinating this group 'outweighs the risk'.
The JCVI's chair of COVID-19 immunisation, Wei Shen Lim, said:"The majority of children aged five to 11 are at very low risk of serious illness due to COVID-19.
NHS Wales will begin identifying eligible children in the new year, the country's health minister has said. The JCVI has also recommended that booster jabs be offered to 16- and 17-year-olds as well as to people aged 12 to 15 who are in a clinical risk group; or who are a household contact of someone who is immunosuppressed; or who are severely immunocompromised and who have had a third primary dose.
The approval was given for the lower-dose formulation that was specifically designed for younger children.Dr June Raine, the agency's chief executive, said:"Parents and carers can be reassured that no new vaccine for children would have been approved unless the expected standards of safety, quality and effectiveness have been met.
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