Babies and Children Under 5 to Be Offered Pfizer COVID-19 Jab for 1st Time in UK

Babies and Children Under 5 to Be Offered Pfizer COVID-19 Jab for 1st Time in UK
A nurse prepares to administer the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Guy's Hospital in London, UK, on Dec. 8, 2020. Frank Augstein/AP Photo
Owen Evans
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Babies and children under the age of 5 are to be offered the COVID-19 vaccine for the first time, UK health authorities have announced.

On Thursday, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advised that clinically vulnerable children aged 6 months to 4 years old should be offered the jab.

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