Newspaper headlines: Jabs for over-16s, and King Kenny
A suggestion from Scotland's first minister that the UK Covid vaccine roll-out will shortly be extended to 16 and 17 year-olds leads several of Wednesday's papers. The i reports Nicola Sturgeon's press conference comments that the vaccine committee is poised to amend its advice to ministers.The Times says the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation is expected to offer jabs for those aged 16 and 17 in a "significant move to build up immunity in young people".
Metro's main story focuses on Covid, with the paper reporting that a further fall in the number of UK Covid cases has raised hopes that the third wave of infections is retreating.The Daily Express reports on a study suggesting people who are doubled jabbed are three times less likely to catch Covid. The research is proof that the UK's vaccine rollout is finally winning the war on Covid, says the Express.
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