Submitted on Friday 7th January 2022
Rejected on Tuesday 11th January 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Give all children in the 5-11 age group the option to have a Covid vaccination
We should allow all the children in this age group the chance to be vaccinated as soon as possible.
The vaccine is proven to protect against severe disease, and reduces the chance of long Covid. We need to offer our children a jab so that they are protected and are able to attend school safely.
The EU and USA have been vaccinating this age group for some time, and the MHRA gave safety approval for UK children in December - but despite this the jab has not yet been made available to all children in the UK.
Omicron may be more severe than previous variants for children. There have already been many hospitalisations of children with Omicron with an unknown long term health impact. With schools reopening, the inability to access vaccines is placing UK children at unnecessary risk.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/601680
The UK regulator approved use of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in 5 to 11-year olds in December 2021: www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-regulator-approves-use-of-pfizerbiontech-vaccine-in-5-to-11-year-olds
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