Covid-19: Critical staff to avoid isolation and some under-18s to get jab

Children over the age of 12 who are at higher risk of getting ill if they catch coronavirus will be offered the Covid jab, the vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi has confirmed. Most children in the UK, who are low risk, will not be offered the vaccine for now. However, some healthy children over 12 who live with other vulnerable people can have the jab, as well as those on the cusp of turning 18. It means, overall, a few hundred thousand children will be eligible. The decision is based on advice from UK vaccines experts – the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). Read more on which children are being vaccinated and why.

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