A 12-year-old boy in council care can have Covid-19 and flu vaccinations despite his mother’s objections, a judge has ruled.
Council social services bosses responsible for the boy’s care asked Mr Justice Poole to consider the case.
The judge concluded that a local authority could decide to “arrange and consent” to a child in its care being vaccinated against Covid and flu “notwithstanding the objections” of parents.
He has outlined his decision in a written ruling published after a private hearing in the Family Division of the High Court in Grimsby.
The mother is opposed to (the boy) receiving the Covid-19 vaccine at least until there is what she would regard as compelling evidence that it is safe and effective”
