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COVID-19 Vaccine: 'My teenage daughter has asked to get the jab'

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As health officials in Australia encourage eligible high school students to get vaccinated for COVID-19, parents has to make up their own minds whether they offer consent or not.


Highlights
  • The nation's medicine regulator on Saturday granted provisional approval to the Spikevax MODERNA jab for 12- to 17-year-olds, after it was previously given a green light for adults
  • Parents are anxiously calculating the risk for their kids, as the Delta variant leads to a surge of new cases, including in children and teenagers.
  • A growing number of teens are seeing the vaccine as a key to returning to their lives

 

 


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