The UK’s Covid vaccination programme has been an astonishing effort. To date almost 89% of adults have received their first dose and just over 73% have had their second.
And the programme is set to expand. Children over the age of 12 who are extremely vulnerable or live with someone at risk are already offered the jab, but this week the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) recommended that 16 and 17-year-olds should also be offered their first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech jab. Booster shots are also expected to be rolled out later this year to the most vulnerable. The Guardian
See also:
- Covid vaccine: Needle-phobic call for vaccine exemption BBC News
- Drug used to treat high cholesterol can reduce number of COVID-19-infected cells by up to 70% The Daily Mail
- Britain's daily Covid cases fall by just 3% in a week as curve begins to flatten out The Daily Mail
- Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine is 93% effective after six months The Daily Mail
- Forbid NHS staff who refuse Covid vaccine from treating patients, says Sage adviser The Daily Telegraph
- Failing to wear a face mask on Tube should be a criminal offence, says Sadiq Khan The Daily Telegraph
- UK doctors alarmed at ‘shambolic’ rollout of Covid jabs for children The Guardian
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