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'@@ -1,0 +1,1 @@ +Children as young as 12 could be offered either the [/news/pfizer/index.html Pfizer] or [/news/moderna/index.html Moderna] Covid vaccine within months under plans being drawn up by health officials.<br>Government sources confirmed that trials were now under way to allow secondary school children to be given one of the jabs.<br>The plans are understood to depend on advice expected this summer from scientists on the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).<br>[ ] reported that the Pfizer jab could be offered to pupils from September as part of ‘core planning scenario' documents prepared by [/news/nhs/index.html NHS] officials.<br>It said Pfizer was the most likely as the manufacturer was the only one so far to produce trial data for under-16s. But a Government source said the Moderna jab could also be used if it passed safety tests.<br> Children as young as 12 could be offered either the Pfizer or Moderna Covid vaccine within months under plans being drawn up by health officials (file photo)<br>And he suggested the first jabs for 12 to 15-year-olds could come earlier than September.<br>The source said: ‘It could be earlier than that if the jabs are deemed to be very safe - depends on how long the regulators take.'<br>He added: ‘They have to be super safe as children are not at the greatest risk from Covid.<br>‘You only vaccinate them to protect the rest of the population, including the most vulnerable and the elderly.<br> RELATED ARTICLES [# Previous] [# 1] [# Next] [/news/article-9533605/Britains-families-ahead-summer-holidays-popular-European-hotspots.html Britain's families will get the go-ahead for summer holidays... ] [/news/article-9533467/Three-giant-steps-normal-life-Boris-Johnson-tries-mount-political-fightback.html Three giant steps back to normal life: Boris Johnson tries... ] <br><br><br><br>Share this article<br>Share<br><br><br>‘So you only choose to vaccinate them if Pfizer and Moderna are safe for children.'<br>He pointed out that AstraZeneca had paused trials on children following concerns over rare blood clots. <br>Professor [http://www.wheel-fi.com/ daftar sbobet] Adam Finn, who sits on the JCVI, was reported to have said the decision would also depend on rates of the virus over the next few months.<br>He said: ‘We need to be in a position to immunise children, particularly teenagers, promptly and efficiently if we need to.'<br> The Sunday Times reported that the Pfizer jab could be offered to pupils from September as part of ‘core planning scenario' documents prepared by NHS officials (file photo)<br>He reportedly pointed to recent modelling that predicts a third Covid wave will happen after restrictions are lifted on June 21.<br>If rates rose significantly, it would be a priority to vaccinate children to stop the closure of schools next year. ‘It is extremely important that education in the next academic year is not disrupted in any way.'<br>But Prof Finn, a paediatrician at Bristol University, stressed that a child vaccination programme might be unnecessary if rates dropped to a low level before the autumn. ‘We should only be doing vaccine programmes when we need to do them,' he said.<br>Last week, Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced the order of 60 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on top of 40 million already bought.<br><br><br><br><br>data-track-module="am-external-links^external-links"><br>Read more:<br><br>[ NHS draws up Pfizer Covid vaccine plan for schoolchildren | News | The Sunday Times]<br><br><br><br>DM.later('bundle', function()<br>DM.has('external-source-links', 'externalLinkTracker');<br>); '