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Long Covid and Vaccinating Children

As the UK prepares to lift remaining Covid restrictions despite an outbreak of the Delta variant, we look at some of the key issues it faces.

The UK is preparing to lift remaining Covid restrictions in the face of a widespread outbreak of the highly-infectious Delta Variant. We look at two crucial questions the country is considering as it opens up: the risks of Long Covid, and the vaccination of children and young people.

With Professor Beate Kampmann from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Dr Claire Steves from King’s College, London.

Producer: Nathan Gower

(Long Covid patient at a recovery clinic in Italy. Credit: Marco Di Lauro /Getty Images)

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Mon 19 Jul 202109:50GMT
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