Updated: 1:23, 18 Jul 2021
BRIT kids will only get Covid jabs if they’re vulnerable as ministers shun plans for mass vaccinations amid scientists’ fears, it has been reported.
Ministers are said to be preparing to offer doses to vulnerable 12 to 15-year-olds and those about to turn 18.
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There s no plan to inoculate every child against CovidCredit: PA
The jabs will also be offered to kids aged between 12 and 15 who live with adults who are immunosuppressed or whose health is otherwise at risk from the coronavirus, the Telegraph reports.
They will be offered the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
Professor Chris Whitty has said that officials are looking into whether youngsters should get the jab - but the big priority is getting all over-18s inoculated first.
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Updated May 7, 2021
Pregnant women trying to access their coronavirus vaccines have faced confusion, delays and wasted trips, according to the charity Maternity Action.
Now, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) and the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) have also expressed their concern.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advises that it is “preferable” for pregnant women in the UK to be offered the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines where available. But the online booking system has not given pregnant women the option to specify what vaccine they want.
It means some are visiting vaccine centres, only to have to turn around at the door, with no idea when they’ll actually get vaccinated.
Where risk is involved, science deals in probabilities not certainties. Communication around vaccines must accept that reality
‘If the balance of risk and benefit is framed accurately, the evidence is irresistible in favour of vaccination.’ Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian
‘If the balance of risk and benefit is framed accurately, the evidence is irresistible in favour of vaccination.’ Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian
Wed 7 Apr 2021 13.39 EDT
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Every day, people take medicines with known side-effects. The risk is accepted when weighed against the benefit. But Covid vaccines are unfamiliar. There is no record of use over time to build public confidence. Still, they have been tested and proven to offer protection against the virus. By all usual medical standards, they are safe. That remains true for the AstraZeneca vaccine, despite an evolving picture that side-effects might include a rare blood clotting disord
The Guardian view on the AstraZeneca vaccine: confidence from clarity Editorial © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Jens Kalaene/AP
Every day, people take medicines with known side-effects. The risk is accepted when weighed against the benefit. But Covid vaccines are unfamiliar. There is no record of use over time to build public confidence. Still, they have been tested and proven to offer protection against the virus. By all usual medical standards, they are safe. That remains true for the AstraZeneca vaccine, despite an evolving picture that side-effects might include a rare blood clotting disorder.
The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Authority is still investigating the link, but has recommended, as a precaution, that other vaccines be preferred for recipients under 30. That is a notable shift in policy when ministers have dismissed any talk of risks associated with the jab. The European Medicines Agency on Wednesday recommended that
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