AN UPDATE on vaccinating children against coronavirus will be given to MPs on Monday, the vaccines minister has confirmed.

Ministers will decide whether or not children will be vaccinated in England.

Nadhim Zahawi told Sky News: “The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) have just delivered their advice, we’ll consider it.

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“In fact, after my morning round, we have the Covid O (committee) and then I’ll deliver a statement to Parliament.

“But suffice to say they have looked very closely, especially at children who are more vulnerable to serious infection from Covid, children who live with adults who are more vulnerable to serious infection from Covid and, of course, 17-year-olds who are close to becoming 18 – so three months from their 18th birthday – and we will take that advice before I make a statement to Parliament later today.”

Pressed on why the Government was not looking to jab all children, Mr Zahawi added: “The JCVI are continuing to review that. There is new emerging data of children vaccinated in America and elsewhere with a first dose, not yet enough data with a second dose, so they want to look at all the data.”

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The minister said there had been cases of inflammation of the heart in some children who had received the vaccine, adding: “On balance, I think the JCVI are coming down on the side of continuing to review all children, healthy children, but wanting to protect the vulnerable children first.”