Joyful moment or risky move? Europe divided over kids' vaccines


FILE PHOTO: A girl waits at the side of her mother to be inoculated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in a Children's vaccination center in Leipzig, Germany, December 10, 2021. REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel

MILAN/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - As Europe starts vaccinating younger children, countries are pursuing very different strategies in what will be a major test of parents' willingness to get their kids inoculated.

One region in Italy is sending in clowns and jugglers to clinics, France and Germany are targeting only the most vulnerable kids, while Denmark has been administering shots even before the specially-designed vials and syringes have arrived.

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