Sweden decides not to vaccinate kids

Sweden s health agency announced on Thursday that it will not endorse the COVID 19 vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11 years old.

According to the scientific online publication Our World In Data, nearly 73% of Sweden's population is fully vaccinated. Health Agency official Britta Bjorkholm said in a news conference that they don't see a clear benefit with vaccinating children.

Bjorkholm clarified that at-risk children already have access to the vaccine. She added that the health agency's verdict on their recommendation could be reexamined later if another variant was to surface, or if the data changed.

Sweden recorded over 40,000 new COVID cases on Wednesday.

On October 29, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of the Pfizer vaccine to include children aged 5 to 11 years of age, finding that the immune response of kids was similar to people aged 16 to 25.