UK May Give Healthy 12- to 15-Year-Olds COVID-19 Vaccine Despite Scientific Advice

Conservative MP Nadhim Zahawi arrives in Downing Street in central London on Oct. 23, 2019. Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP via Getty Images

The UK government is yet to decide whether to offer the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to all 12- to 15-year-olds, vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi said on Sunday.

It comes after the government’s independent advisory body on vaccination and immunisation advised against offering the vaccine to healthy children in this age group.