A group of doctors and scientists has called for a pause to the roll out of the Covid vaccine for children and teenagers saying the risk outweighs benefits which they claim are now "virtually zero".
Among them is Dr Roland Salmon, former director of the communicable disease centre in Wales. He said the timing of Welsh Government's further announcement on February 15 that all children aged 5 to 11 will be offered the Covid jab was "extraordinary".
Dr Salmon is among more than 90 senior doctors, scientists and health professionals who have formed a group called the independent Children’s Covid Vaccines Advisory Group (CCVAG). The group had already signed a letter to the The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation asking for a pause to vaccines for older children when the Welsh Government announced younger children here will also be offered the jab.
