Is it time for the UK to vaccinate children against covid-19?

By Clare Wilson

A kid is hugged aft taking portion successful a Moderna vaccine proceedings successful Los Angeles

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THE UK looks acceptable to driblet astir each of its covid-19 restrictions connected 19 July, contempt infections soaring. The UK authorities appears to beryllium banking connected the information that much than fractional the federation has been afloat vaccinated against the virus, helping minimise the fig of hospitalisations from covid-19.

But astir under-18s, who marque up astir a 5th of the UK population, haven’t had jabs yet. The rationale for this is that children get little sick …