Covid vaccines: Children told to wait longer for jab after infection

Covid vaccines: Children told to wait longer for jab after infection Healthy children aged 12 to 17 are being advised to wait 12 weeks after a coronavirus infection before having a Covid jab in the UK.

Previously the advice was to leave a four-week gap.

The UK Health Security Agency said the change was a precaution against the small risk of heart inflammation. BBC News

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• Covid immunity wanes after two doses of the Pfizer vaccine in all ages, Israeli study claims The Daily Mail
• Mask-wearing cuts Covid incidence by 53%, says global study The Guardian
• Delta offshoot ‘one to watch’ over fears of future mutations The Independent
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