Moderna Covid vaccine has been approved for kids in the UK
“It is for the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation to advise on whether this age group should be vaccinated with the Covid-19 vaccine made by Moderna as part of the deployment programme.”
A spokesperson for the department said: "We welcome the news that Moderna's vaccine has been approved as safe and effective for people aged 12 and over."And those agedEvery other Brit over 18 can have two vaccines, with people under 40 being offered the Pfizer or Moderna jab. Professor Wei Shen Lim, Covid-19 Chair for JCVI, said: "After carefully considering the latest data, we advise that healthy 16- to 17-year-olds are offered a first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Advice on when to offer the second vaccine dose will come later.is typically mild or asymptomatic in most young people, it can be very unpleasant for some and for this particular age group, we expect one dose of the vaccine to provide good protection against severe illness and hospitalisation.
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