not everyone in the uk will need a boosterjab. a decision about boosters is expected next week from the advisory body thejcvi, thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation. 0ur health correspondent katharine da costa reports. while some countries like israel have already started rolling out third doses of covid vaccines, most people in africa are still waiting for their first. the debate on giving boosters or donating more vaccines has ramped up, but one leading scientist says it is not an either/or decision. the problem we really have is that the world needs greater vaccine supply. we need more doses of all of the vaccines that are currently licensed and we need more vaccines to be licensed so we re not talking about choices between vaccinating in one country or another country. the good news is that supply is increasing. data is still being gathered on whether boosters might be needed for everyone, but professor gilbert said there was evidence vaccines
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in stockton on tees. i would definitely get the vaccine because we ve been one of the countries fortunate enough to obviously have vaccines and we should take that, use to the advantage. i think i would, to save people. yeah, i think i would. thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation told uk governments they would not, on health grounds alone, be recommending all 12 to 15 year olds are offered the jab. instead, chief medical officers across the four nations are being asked to review the scientists advice and decide on a wider set of criteria whether to overrule them. i think many of the school and college leaders who i represent will have been disappointed in the decision by thejcvi, not because they are fans of vaccination, but we know that vaccination in the absence of other controlled measures apart from ventilation it can be very important in getting away from that terrible disruption that so many young people experienced over the past year. thejcvi s decision was fin
well, it s a really important decision for the uk. the expert committee, thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation, independent, was asked to say what are the benefits and risks of vaccinations for i2 to 15 year olds. and they have come up with a rather qualified conclusion, which is that the health benefits marginally outweigh the risks, but they are not going to go any further than that. in the past, they have given the thumbs up to 16 and i7 year olds and other groups before that. so the result of that is that the uk s chief medical officer will now have to draw up their guidelines for parents and families in different parts of the uk. so, a rather a strange outturn there, given that in the us, for example, france and canada, they ve gone ahead with injecting i2 year olds a little while ago. so it shows that there s still quite a lively debate on whether it is a good idea. and about effectiveness. i want to come back to the question of further doses for people who have been
vaccinating children at least teenage children but what s the thinking behind that? well, it s a really important decision for the uk. the expert committee, thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation, independent, was asked to say what are the benefits and risks of vaccinations for 12 15 year olds. and they have come up with a rather qualified conclusion, which is that the health benefits marginally outweigh the risks, but they are not going to go any further than that. in the past, they have given the thumbs up to 16 and i7 year olds and other groups before that. so the result of that is that the uk s chief medical officer will now have to draw up their guidelines for parents and families in different parts of the uk. so, rather a strange turn there, given that in the us, for example, france and canada, they ve gone ahead with injecting i2 year olds a little while ago. so it shows that there s
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