The UK’s chief medical officers (CMOs) have recommended that the government offer one dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to all 12- to 15-year-olds. It comes after the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) declined to recommend the jabs to healthy children in this age group on health grounds alone. The government said on Aug. 28 that it has told England’s health service to get ready to vaccinate the age group. The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine was authorised in June to be used on children over 12 years old by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The Moderna vaccine was deemed safe for children over 12 years old last month by the MHRA, but it has not yet been given to children in the UK’s vaccination programmes. The JCVI previously told the government that “the benefits from vaccination are marginally greater than the potential known harms,” adding that the government …
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