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Vaccines For Children Aged 5 To 11 "Unlikely" To Happen This Year.

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Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said he's open to rolling out such a campaign.

Vaccines for over-5s are unlikely to happen this calendar year.

Pfizer has reported success in clinical trials of a vaccine for those aged between 5 and 11.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said he's open to rolling out such a campaign.

But Health Minister Stephen Donnelly says it won't be for a number of months yet

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