Britain has been slower to vaccinate children than other countriesHealthcare staff have been told to start preparing for the mass vaccination of primary school children in anticipation of approval by regulators. Leaked documents from NHS England say parental consent will be needed for 5 to 11-year-olds and the environment must be “age appropriate”. SponsoredPressure is building on officials to make a quick decision amid spiralling infection rates and the rapid spread in Britain of Omicron, which is evading immunity better than other variants. The country’s four chief medical officers and NHS England’s national medical director have recommended to ministers that the UK go up to Level 4 from Level 3 and Boris Johnson prepares to address the nation at 8pm about the booster vaccine programme. The decision to increase the alert level follows

Source: The Times December 13, 2021 01:00 UTC