The swine flu vaccine which will be offered to 12 million children in the UK may not have been tested on infants by the time the first batches arrive.
Pharmaceutical companies manufacturing the jabs do not have any paediatric safety data for the drugs, which could be distributed to children in the autumn.
The first consignment of the vaccine is due to arrive at the end of this month but drugs firms have only just begun trials on adults.
Trials on children may not start for a few weeks.
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