UK OKs vaccines for 12-year-olds, aims to avoid lockdowns

LONDON – Britain’s chief medical officers said Monday that children ages 12 to 15 should be vaccinated against coronavirus, despite a ruling by the government’s vaccine advisers that the step would have only marginal health benefits. England Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty and his counterparts in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland said Monday that the age group should be given a single dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. They have yet to decide on whether to give the students a second dose.