Around six million children in the UK aged five to 11 are to be offered a Covid jab in order to protect them against future waves, officials said.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) said children should be offered lower doses of the vaccine on a "non-urgent" basis.
With the rollout expected to start in April, youngsters will be offered two 10 microgram doses of Pfizer/BioNTech with an interval of at least 12 weeks between doses.
