Babies and children under the age of 5 are to be offered the COVID-19 vaccine for the first time, UK health authorities have announced.
On Thursday, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advised that clinically vulnerable children aged 6 months to 4 years old should be offered the jab.
The committee does not currently advise vaccination of children aged 6 months to 4 years if they are not in a vulnerable group.
It means 57,000 children will be offered two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, with an interval of 8 to 12 weeks between the first and second doses.
The JCVI added that further advice regarding a potential third 3-microgram dose of the vaccine will be issued “in due course.”…