Despite recent declines in vaccine supply affecting the coming weeks, the Government has exceeded its own early estimates for the speed with which Covid vaccines are being rolled out. With all adults receiving their first injection before the end of July, thinking within Whitehall is now turning to the approach that should be taken to vaccinate children.
One source involved in the planning said it “could start before the end of the summer”, especially in August. A government source familiar with the thought said August was the first “earliest” start.
Only children who are at high risk from Covid’s malignancy will get a job right now. Final decisions on the childhood immunization will be made once the results of the Oxford test, testing the AstraZeneca vaccine on 300 children aged six to 17, are released.
Exemptions are expected if children are given the final introduction. It also seems that parents had to give consent – the current situation of teenagers in Israel.
Professor Adam Finn, a pediatric professor at the Bristol Children’s Vaccination Center and a member of the Government’s joint committee on vaccination and immunization, said arrangements were being made to allow vaccines to be introduced into children.
He said: “Children make up almost a quarter of the population, so while we could accept 100 per cent of vaccines across the adult population, it can only get you up to 75 per cent. hundred covers. “
A Department of Health spokesman said: “While clinical trials are underway to test the efficacy and safety of Covid-19 vaccines in children and young adults, these trials have not yet been finalized. led by expert advice on issues, including the independent joint committee on vaccines and immunizations. “