New research shows just 25 children and young people in England died from Covid during the first year of the pandemic - that's 0.005 per cent of all those who had the virus. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe)
This, as government experts are deciding whether children should be offered the vaccine even though they're at such low risk. But that's not true for every child - thousands have been shielding because they're clinically vulnerable. Their families are worried they won't get a chance to be protected before school starts back in the autumn.
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This, as government experts are deciding whether children should be offered the vaccine even though they're at such low risk. But that's not true for every child - thousands have been shielding because they're clinically vulnerable. Their families are worried they won't get a chance to be protected before school starts back in the autumn.
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