The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) approved the Pfizer jab for 12 to 15-year-olds on Friday. Children aged 10 and over and teenagers account for more than a quarter of recent Covid cases, according to Public Health England – the highest among all age groups. As well as jabs for children within weeks, older age groups are being urged to get their second doses. Quicker vaccinations could see all over-40s get their second jab by July 5. The programme could then be extended to 16 to 18-year-olds – a group the Pfizer vaccine is already approved for – before 12 to 15-year-olds get it.

Source: Daily Mirror June 06, 2021 00:22 UTC