has any symptoms. the bbc obtains evidence that the taliban are killing civilians in afghanistan. and what s next for emma? british tennis legends offer their advice to the teen queen emma raducanu. and coming up on the bbc news channel. a convincing win over the world number one russian daniil medvedev with an unusual celebration after beating novak djokovic to become the us open champion. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. an announcement is expected this afternoon recommending that children aged between 12 and 15 be routinely vaccinated for covid 19. the uk s four chief medical officers have now submitted their guidance to the government. it s likely to form part of a wider winter plan for tackling covid in england which the prime minister will set out tomorrow. our political correspondent helen catt reports. other countries have gone ahead with vaccinating healthy 12 to 15 euros, but not yet in the uk, although that may change. but not yet in the uk, alt
for scotland as well. and what s next for emma? british tennis legends offer their advice to the teen queen, emma raducanu. good afternoon. in the past few minutes, the four chief medical officers for the uk have recommended that all children aged 12 to 15 years old should be offered one dose of the pfizer covid vaccine. the decision comes after scientific advisers serving onjoint committee for vaccination and immunisation said the vaccine only offered a marginal health benefit for that age group and could not be recommended on health grounds alone. well, ministers are now expected to back the new recommendation as part of the covid winter plan the prime minister will set out tomorrow. let s discuss this further and get more detail. with me now is our health correspondent anna collinson. take us through the details. the element up until now only 12 to 15 year olds with underlying health is year olds with underlying health conditions were allowed to have a covid i9 vaccine,
to the siberian tundra. boris johnson will tomorrow set out his covid plan for the winter. but on a visit to the east midlands today, he said he has already made a decision on offering a covid booster to all adults in england. and we are told it is also likely he will side with the chief medical officers of the uk, who have advised him vaccines should be offered to 12 to 15 year olds. here he is how he responded to that question on boosters. that s question on boosters. going ahead, that s already been that s going ahead, that s already been approved. i think that s a good thing, but ijust use the advantage of this session to think everybody who still hasn t yet been vaccinated, the 10% or so who still haven t had a vaccination, please go and get one. the chief medical officer in england, chris whitty, and his counterparts in wales, scotland and northern ireland said the benefits of vaccinating 12 to15 year olds, and reducing transmission of the virus in schools, on balance
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