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Covid jab rates vary in England in children of different ethnicities

In England, 15.8 per cent of children aged 12 to 15 from Gypsy or Roma ethnic groups have received at least one vaccine dose, compared with 83.5 per cent of their counterparts in Chinese ethnic groups

By Jason Arunn Murugesu

17 October 2022

The uptake of covid-19 vaccines varies substantially between children aged 12 to 15 in England

The uptake of covid-19 vaccines varies substantially between children aged 12 to 15 of different ethnicities in England

Dinendra Haria / Alamy

Covid-19 vaccination rates among children in England vary substantially between certain ethnic groups, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) data. Equivalent figures are not available for the rest of the UK.

ONS researchers analysed vaccination rates among children aged 12 to 15 who attend state-funded schools in England. , 62.4 per cent had received at least one dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech covid-19 vaccine,

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