Clinical trial to begin to test Covid vaccine efficacy among children

The Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine at Falls Surgery on the Falls Road, Belfast, after injections of the coronavirus vaccine started in Northern Ireland GP practices on Monday.

The efficacy of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in children is set to be tested in a new clinical trial.

Researchers will use 300 volunteers to assess whether the jab – known as the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine – will produce a strong immune response in children aged between six and 17.