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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Nicola Davis Science correspondent

Covid vaccine to be offered to vulnerable babies and children in UK

A vial of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine
The Covid vaccines will begin to be offered to those eligible in England from mid-June. Photograph: Carl Recine/Reuters

Children aged between six months and four years old who are deemed clinically vulnerable will be offered two doses of a Covid vaccine, public health bodies in the UK have announced.

The move, revealed by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) after approval by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), comes after the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was approved for children of this age by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in December.

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