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The EU’s medicines agency (EMA) has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for 12-15 year olds – the first jab allowed for this age group in the bloc.

Friday’s announcement came after the World Health Organization’s Europe director warned that the pandemic would not be over until at least 70% of the population had been vaccinated.

The EU has already approved the Pfizer vaccine for those aged 16 and older.

Individual states must now decide if they will offer the jab