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2nd May 2021
09:46am BST

"We need to be in a position to immunise children, particularly teenagers, promptly and efficiently if we need to," Professor Adam Finn, a member of the committee, told the Times.
"It is extremely important that education in the next academic year is not disrupted in any way."
He added: "We should only be doing vaccine programmes when we need to do them."
Since the start of the pandemic, data has shown that children are unlikely to fall seriously ill with Covid-19. They do, however, play a role in transmitting the virus, hence the plans to vaccinate. Trials of the Pfizer vaccine in children aged 12 to 15 showed 100% efficacy and that it triggered a strong immune response from those receiving it. Government figures show nearly 15 million people in the UK have received both doses of their vaccine. A total of 49,287,257 jabs have been given so far, with 14,940,984 of those second doses. The nation's plan to return to normal took another stride forward over the weekend, when clubbers were welcomed back to mask-free events in Liverpool on Friday and Saturday.Explore more on these topics: