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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Nicola Davis and Rowena Mason

Plans to delay Covid jabs for UK children aged five to 11 criticised

A child receiving a Covid vaccination
A child receiving a Covid vaccination. Photograph: Norberto Duarte/AFP/Getty Images

Plans to offer Covid vaccinations to all children aged five to 11 have been delayed by the government because the jabs have not been deemed urgent.

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) decided more than a week ago to expand the vaccination programme to all that age group and handed its advice to ministers.

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