Soon parents and guardians will be invited to register their children aged five to 11 for vaccination against Covid-19. It follows the decision, finally, by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) to recommend vaccination for this group after approval was granted by the European Medicines Agency on 25 November.
This will be a complex vaccination programme for the HSE and parents will have many questions, which will need to be answered clearly by the experts.
NIAC made the recommendation due to what it said is the favourable risk profile of the vaccine, to protect children from severe disease and the consequences that could follow infection.