Cabinet has agreed to make the Pfizer vaccine available for 12-15 year olds from 1 September.
This after Medsafe - following the lead of many of its overseas counterparts - gave a provisional thumbs-up in June.
So, do parents have anything to worry about, over and above the usual concerns for anybody getting a jab?
How necessary is it for this group to be done now?
Dr Nikki Turner from the Immunisation Advisory Centre spoke to Corin Dann.
