The Covid-19 vaccine is no longer recommended for children and pregnant women in the US, Robert F Kennedy Jr has announced.

On Tuesday, Donald Trump’s health secretary said the vaccines have been removed from the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) recommended jabs for these groups.

“I couldn’t be more pleased to announce that as of today, the Covid vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant women has been removed from the CDC recommended immunisation schedule,” Mr Kennedy said in a video shared to X.

It is the latest effort by Mr Kennedy, a vaccine sceptic, to reform the department of health to align with his Make America Healthy Again (Maha) agenda.