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Mull-a-light, get the good going. Last week the government announced that all children aged 5 to 11 in England will be offered a COVID vaccine following advice from the joint

committee on vaccination and immunisation.

They will get two jabs of Pfizer biontec, each dose a third smaller than for adults with the second jab 12 weeks after the first.

The JCP's recommendation is for a non-urgent offer of the vaccine and questions have been raised as to whether or not

children this young need vaccinating given the relatively low risk of severe

COVID disease in the age group. The vaccine is safe and effective.

Second of all, it is something that's there as an option for parents and they should

decide for themselves whether it's an offer that they want to take up.

With lots of competing factors to weigh up, it can be a difficult decision for parents to make.

So what's the evidence for vaccinating young children against COVID and how can parents decide

what to do?

From the Guardian, I'm Ein Sample, and this is Science Weekly.

My name's Adam Finn. I'm Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Bristol.

I'm a member of the UK J.C.I. and also chair of the European Technical Advisory Group of Experts and Immunisation of the World Health Organization.

What exactly are the latest recommendations from the J. C. C. V. I.

relating to COVID vaccines for five to 11 year olds.

The latest recommendations relate to healthy 5 to 11 year olds.

We previously recommended that children with underlying health

problems that make them more likely to get severe COVID receive the vaccine that was

back at the end of last year the current recommendations is a non-urgent offer of two 10 microgram doses, which is a smaller

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