UK children aged 16 and 17 expected to be offered Covid vaccine
by Rowena Mason Deputy political editor from Science | The Guardian on (#5MYG1)
Minister says JCVI experts to update advice imminently' on widening access to vaccine to more teenagers
Covid vaccines are expected to be offered to children in the UK aged 16 and 17, in line with many other countries, after a minister confirmed government experts will update their advice imminently".
Michelle Donelan, the universities minister, said the government was expecting an announcement from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) on widening access to the coronavirus vaccine to more teenagers.
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