WHY DO WE NEED TO VACCINATE KIDS?

“Eventually, everyone will probably get exposed to Covid-19. Even though complications from Covid are very rare in children, they do occasionally happen and we think that the benefits of vaccination outweigh the small risks,” Prof Cheng says.

“Even though they are at lower risk of serious Covid symptoms than older adults and the elderly, serious illness needing hospitalisation (including deaths) may still occur and vaccination will help to prevent this. It is also possible that long-term symptoms of Covid (known as “Long Covid”) may occur in susceptible children, and vaccination should prevent this too,” Prof Nolan says.