Should there be a COVID-19 vaccine roll-out for children – and could school nurses be key?
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Should there be a COVID-19 vaccine roll-out for children – and could school nurses be key?

Nick Evans Health journalist

Vaccinating children might help curb transmission, but views differ on what priority it should have

The government was on track to offer all UK adults a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of July. Now there is growing interest in whether children will, and indeed should, be next.

Primary Health Care. 31, 4, 6-8. doi: 10.7748/phc.31.4.6.s2

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