Covid vaccines to be offered to all UK 16- and 17-year-olds
by Jessica Elgot, Natalie Grover and Rowena Mason from on (#5MYZ9)
JCVI decision comes two weeks after body recommended against routine vaccination of children
Covid vaccines will be offered to all 16- and 17-year-olds without needing the consent of their parents, after government experts reversed their advice from just two weeks ago.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) said older teenagers should be offered their first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech jab and advice on when to offer the second dose would come later.
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