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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Hannah Devlin, Nicola Davis, Rowena Mason and Steven Morris

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

Children aged 10 wearing masks and school uniform.
The vaccine doses will be primarily be given through school vaccination services. Photograph: Richard Newton/Alamy

All children aged five to 11 in England will be offered a Covid vaccine, ministers have said in a long-awaited announcement, while emphasising that parents would be expected to make their own decision.

The rollout, described by the health secretary, Sajid Javid, as “non-urgent”, is set to begin in April in pharmacies, GP surgeries and vaccination centres, using Pfizer/BioNTech doses.

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