Although cypress decided not to recommend large-scale promotion, a final decision on whether to provide jabs to all healthy 12 to 15-year-old children may be made within a few days.
At the request of the Minister of Health, the four Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) in the UK will consider further evidence Sajid Javid With his companions Scotland Wales And Northern Ireland.
Mr. Javid said that the CMO’s recommendations will be considered on the basis of the recommendations provided by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunization (JCVI), and “then a decision will be made soon.”
JCVI announced that it will expand the Covid vaccination program to more children aged 12 to 15 with underlying health problems.
But it does not recommend vaccinating all children between 12 and 15 years of age, although the ministers expressed their support for the broader plan and urged that a decision be made quickly.
JCVI stated that because the risk of coronavirus to healthy children is very low, the marginal benefit of vaccination to their own health is not enough to support mass vaccination from a purely health perspective.
The committee also stated that it has investigated an extremely rare event of myocardial inflammation after Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, namely myocarditis.
Although this situation may lead to short-term hospitalization for observation and then usually a quick recovery, JCVI concluded that the medium and long-term results are still uncertain, and more follow-up time is needed to obtain clearer information.
Professor Wei Shen Lim, Chairman of JCVI Covid-19 Immunization, said: “JCVI’s view is that overall, the health benefits of Covid-19 vaccination for healthy children aged 12 to 15 outweigh the potential harm.
“Take precautions, the scope of this benefit is considered too small to support universal Covid-19 vaccination in this age group. The committee will continue to review the safety data that emerges.”
Professor Anthony Harnden, Vice Chairman of JCVI, stated that this particular situation “has no precedent,” adding that the committee decided to recommend government May seek further advice, “because we do not have expertise in evaluating education”.
Mr. Javid said that he “thanks” the committee’s expert advice.
He said on Friday: “Today, I am writing to the chief medical officer with the health ministers of four countries, asking them to follow JCVI’s recommendations to consider vaccinating children 12 to 15 years old from a broader perspective.
“Then we will consider the Chief Medical Officer’s recommendations on the basis of JCVI’s recommendations, and then make a decision soon.”
The jab program is expanding from children considered the most dangerous to those with chronic major heart, lung, kidney, liver, and nervous system diseases.
This means that approximately 200,000 children will be invited to be vaccinated.
The decision was made one week after the Ministry of Health and Social Care confirmed that preparations were underway to ensure that the NHS was ready to provide coronavirus injections to all people aged 12 to 15 in England starting in early September.
The department has stated that it hopes to be “ready to start operations.”
On Thursday, the Minister of Education Gavin Williamson He said that he felt that parents would find it “deeply gratified” to choose whether their children should be vaccinated, adding that many people hope they can “vaccinate those who are not physically adequate.” 16 years old”.
The government stated that if vaccines are to be provided to all children between 12 and 15 years of age, it will seek the consent of parents or caregivers like other school immunization programs.
Robin Swan, the Minister of Health for Northern Ireland, said that he agreed that the wider issue was “worthy of further consideration”.
Eluned Morgan, the Minister of Health of the Welsh Government, stated that she has asked the country’s chief medical officer to “provide guidance on the clinical and broader health benefits of vaccination for this age group as soon as possible”, while the Scottish Minister of Health Humza Yousaf said he has requested a review.” As soon as possible.
The Secretary General of the Association of School and University Leaders (ASCL) Geoff Barton (Geoff Barton) said he was disappointed by JCVI’s decision not to recommend jabs to all children aged 12-15.
He added that while they respect it, it may mean that “it is more difficult to prevent education interruptions caused by the spread of the virus in the fall semester and beyond.”
