Covid vaccines for 12-year-olds from next month under NHS jab blitz plans

16 and 17 have only recently been allowed to book in for one shot of the life-saving jab.

Every other Brit over 18 can have two vaccines, with people under 40 being offered the Pfizer or Moderna jab. Anyone over 40 had the chance to snap up two jabs months ago, and were able to have any of the vaccines on offer. Professor Wei Shen Lim, Covid-19 chair for JCVI, said last week: "After carefully considering the latest data, we advise that healthy 16 to 17-year-olds are offered a first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.“While Covid-19 is typically mild or asymptomatic in most young people, it can be very unpleasant for some and for this particular age group, we expect one dose of the vaccine to provide good protection against severe illness and hospitalisation.

The JCVI said it is confident that young people will have 80 per cent protection against hospitalisation from Covid after their first dose.

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