Q&A: With just 20% of eligible children fully vaccinated, what's the current HSE advice?

For children aged five to 11, the recommendation of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee is that the benefits of vaccination are greater than the risks from the vaccine.

Vaccine uptake among children aged five to 11 has been quite slow with just 97,000 or 20.3% of the 480,000 eligible children fully vaccinated. Here the HSE’s National Immunisation Office addresses some parents’ concerns.

Q. Are Covid-19 vaccines safe for young children?