People aged 25 and over in England will be invited to book Covid-19 vaccinations from Tuesday, the Health Secretary has announced.
Speaking in the Commons on Monday, Matt Hancock told MPs: “From tomorrow morning we will open up vaccination to people aged 25 to 29. Over the remainder of this week the NHS will send texts to people in these age groups and of course GPs will be inviting people in these age groups to come forward.”
Mr Hancock also confirmed that the Joint Committee on Vaccine and Immunisation has determined that the Pfizer vaccine is safe people teenagers 12 years and older.
“I can confirm to the House that I have asked the JCVI to come forward with clinical advice on vaccination 12 to 17 year olds and we will listen to that clinical advice, just as we have since the start of the pandemic,” he added.
The secretary of state added that innoculating school-aged children was increasingly crucial as large numbers of new cases were being detected in this age group.
He said the government was still on track to offer all adults a vaccine by the end of this July.
The dates apply to England, where the NHS is under control of the government in Westminster. Wales is ahead of schedule, and set to offer vaccines for all over 18 from next week.
More follows…
