Outbreaks of Covid-19 variant in UK raise some concern for schoolchildren

Outbreaks of a variant of Covid-19 in the U.K. have some public health experts looking into whether schoolchildren are particularly vulnerable, according to CNN.

It is extremely rare for Covid-19 to cause serious illness in children. However, since children under 12 are not yet eligible to be vaccinated against the virus, and some variants may be more contagious, it is possible some variants are infecting children more frequently than in the past. In the U.K, a variant first found in India, B.1.617.2, has caused some outbreaks, particularly among school-age children.