Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from JCVI

Second Covid booster jab expected to be offered to UK’s most vulnerable

Exclusive: Decision has been made by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, with announcement due in matter of weeks

The Independent UK

Five to 11-year-olds in Stirling given Covid jag green light after new advice

The latest move follows a recommendation from the JCVI group.

Daily Record

Poor Covid vaccine access for children in England ‘likely to widen inqualities’

Experts warn without a programme in schools for five to 11-year-olds, coverage among disadvantaged will be low

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Covid jabs for five to 11-year-olds - what parents need to know about vaccines for children

What doses will children in this age group get and will there be any side effects? We answer your questions here

Chronicle Live

JCVI advises vaccination for children aged 5 to 11 to protect against severe Covid

Children are at an 'extremely low risk of developing severe COVID-19 disease' unless they are in a clinical risk group

Wales Online

Vaccine offer lets parents weigh finely balanced benefits and risks

Analysis: JCVI recommends jabs for children to ‘future-proof’ against later Covid waves, but says offer is non-urgent

The Guardian - UK

Covid jabs for five to 11-year-olds – your questions answered

Almost six million children will be invited for a Covid-19 vaccine.

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

All you need to know after Covid jabs extended to all children over 5 in England

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation advice is for parents of 5-11-year-olds to get them vaccinated 'if they feel comfortable' to protect against possible future Covid waves

Daily Mirror

Children aged five to 11 to be offered Covid jabs

Youngsters will be given a low dose

Wales Online

Children aged 5-11 in England to be offered Covid vaccine

The Health Secretary has accepted advice from the JCVI to make a ‘non-urgent offer’ from April for youngsters in this age group

Evening Standard

Covid: All children aged 5 to 11 in England to be offered vaccine

The rollout will be ‘non-urgent’ given the low risk posed by Covid to young children and desire to avoid disrupting other childhood vaccination programmes, health officials said

The Independent UK

Children in England aged between five and 11 to be offered Covid vaccine

Children will be offered lower doses of the vaccine

Manchester Evening News

Five- to 11-year-old children in England to be offered Covid vaccine

Pfizer/BioNTech jab to be offered to younger children as experts decide benefits outweigh risks

The Guardian - UK

Almost six million UK children aged five to 11 to be offered Covid vaccine

Experts said the jabs could protect youngsters from future waves of coronavirus.

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

All children aged five to 11 in Northern Ireland to be offered Covid jabs

Health Minister Robin Swann said the region would be following the advice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation.

Daily Mirror

Covid vaccine extended to all children over 5 in England - but only from April

Coronavirus jabs will be offered to nearly six million children aged 5 to 11 as Boris Johnson prepares to announce Covid rule changes for England next week

Belfast Live

Covid vaccine to be made available for five to 11-year-olds in Northern Ireland

The reason for offering this vaccination is to increase the immunity of vaccinated individuals against severe Covid in advance of a potential future wave of the virus

Daily Record

Scottish Government confirms 16 deaths and 7,449 new covid cases overnight

It comes as all children aged from five to 11 will be offered the covid vaccine, the Scottish Government confirmed.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Wales Online

Covid-19 jabs for five to 11-year-olds - your questions answered

Scotland and Wales to offer vaccination to younger children

The Independent UK

Key questions answered about Covid-19 jabs for five to 11-year-olds

Ministers in Wales and Scotland have confirmed they will be offering the vaccine to younger children.

Reuters

Britain to offer COVID vaccines to all 5-11 year olds

Britain said on Wednesday it would offer COVID-19 vaccines to all 5-11 year olds, widening the rollout of vaccines in children in a decision that has been taken more slowly than in some other countries.

Edinburgh Live

Covid Scotland: Children aged between five and 11 to be offered vaccine

Children aged 5-11 are to be offered a Covid vaccine in Scotland, the Scottish Government has confirmed. The First Minister says discussions with health boards have already started.

The Independent UK

Scotland backs vaccines for five to 11-year-olds as England decision imminent

England is expected to make its announcement later on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Five to 11-year-olds to be offered Covid jabs in Scotland, says First Minister

Scotland will follow the change made by the Welsh Government on Tuesday.

Daily Mirror

Covid vaccine offered to all children over 5 in Scotland - and England could do the same

All children over five years old in Scotland and Wales will be offered the Covid vaccine in line with JCVI advice that hasn't yet been published - piling pressure on England to do the same thing

1 … 3 4 5 6

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation

21 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.