COVID Vaccines Must Be ‘Incredibly Safe’ Before Use on Children: UK Minister

COVID Vaccines Must Be ‘Incredibly Safe’ Before Use on Children: UK Minister
A nurse prepares the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, at the West Wales General Hospital in Carmarthen in Wales, on April 7, 2021. Jacob King/PA
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The UK’s medicines regulator and scientific advisers still have to look “very carefully” at whether COVID jabs can be offered to children, the vaccines minister has said.

Appearing on Sky News, Nadhim Zahawi was asked why the UK has not followed in the footsteps of the European Medicines Agency, which has recommended the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine be extended to children aged 12 to 15.