25 Feb 2022

Omicron surging but most under-11s have to wait for vaccination

From Checkpoint, 5:46 pm on 25 February 2022

While Omicron infections are surging, most 5-11-year-olds can't be fully vaccinated until at least the middle of next month. The government says it's considered shortening the eight-week gap between first and second Pfizer jabs - but decided against it. But with Covid infection rates in that age group accounting for 14 per cent of new cases in the last seven days, experts are divided on whether it's time to speed up childhood vaccinations Gill Bonnett reports.