No covid jabs for 12-15 year olds despite case numbers rising in Scotland since schools reopening
dailyrecord.co.ukScotland faces another rising tide of covid infections after the school summer holidays. Scotland was “ready to go” with a Covid-19 vaccination programme for 12 to 15-year-olds as soon as experts gave the go-ahead, according to Jason Leitch, the country’s national clinical director.Sturgeon had urged the JCVI to make a decision “quickly” on whether youngsters in the age group should receive the injections.Ministers across the UK asked chief medical officers to look at whether offering younger teenagers tipped the balance against infections.But JCVI said the government should consider wider issues including disruption to schools.The decision not to offer jabs to healthy children was based on concern over an extremely rare side effect of the.
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