UK Panel Against Giving COVID-19 Jabs To Healthy Children Aged 12-15

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has been weighing the issue after numerous other countries began giving the jabs to young teens.

The UK government's independent advisory body on vaccines said Friday it would not recommend jabbing all 12- to 15-year-olds against coronavirus, arguing the benefits were "too small". The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), a panel of experts which advises ministers, has been weighing the issue after numerous other countries began giving the jabs to young teens. It has previously recommended giving approved Covid-19 vaccines to all 16- and 17-year-olds but only to 12- to 15-year-olds who have underlying health conditions that make them more vulnerable to the virus. On the advice of the JCVI, Britain's four chief medical officers -- in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland -- will now provide further input ahead of a final government decision.