Expert panel to address Australia’s lagging Covid vaccination rates in children 5-11

Vaccine expert Julie Leask is convening a round table to discuss strategies for boosting the plateauing Covid vaccine uptake in five-to-11-year-olds. Photograph: Dinendra Haria/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock

Australia’s plateauing Covid-19 vaccination rates among 5-to-11-year-olds will be discussed at a round table of federal and state government representatives and public health experts next week.

The round table is being convened by vaccine uptake expert Prof Julie Leask, with less than 50% of Australia’s 5-to-11-year-olds having received their first Covid-19 vaccine dose.