COVID-19: Should 12 to 15-year-olds be vaccinated and what are other countries doing?


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A final decision on whether to offer COVID-19 jabs to all healthy 12 to 15-year-olds could be made within days, despite advisers deciding against recommending a mass rollout. The UK's four chief medical officers are reviewing a recommendation from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) not to vaccinate children in that age category after it found the benefit to their health is only marginal. It comes amid reports that the government wants to push ahead with allowing this specific age group to get vaccinated against the virus despite the committee's advice. Here is everything you need to know...