All 16 and 17-year-olds offered Covid jab in next week and over-12s may be next
ALL 16 and 17-year-olds will be offered a Covid jab in the next week as the rollout could be extended to all over-12s.
Last week, officials in Whitehall met to discuss extending the jab programme to all kids in the age group - not to just children with health conditions or living with high-risk people. The NHS has already been asked to write to school immunisation teams urging them to prepare for the widened rollout programme.as experts warn kids must be jabbed to reach herd immunity.
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