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Reuters
Reuters
Health
Alistair Smout

Britain to offer COVID vaccines to all 5-11 year olds

FILE PHOTO: Deputy charge nurse Katie McIntosh waits to administer the first of two Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine jabs to the staff, at the Western General Hospital, on the first day of the largest immunisation programme in the British history, in Edinburgh, Scotland Britain December 8, 2020. Andrew Milligan/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Britain said on Wednesday it would offer COVID-19 vaccines to all 5-11 year olds, widening the rollout of vaccines in children in a decision that has been taken more slowly than in some other countries.

Announcing the move, health minister Sajid Javid said he had accepted advice from experts who argued that vaccinating young children would help protect against future waves of the coronavirus.

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