Booster jabs will be offered to under-18s from tomorrow as the Government prepares to drastically reduce Covid restrictions. Previously, boosters were only recommended for clinically vulnerable 16 and 17-year-olds who were most at risk from Covid-19. Booster jabs will be offered to around 40,000 'high risk' 16 and 17-year-olds from tomorrow under new plans. The EU's medicines watchdog last year approved the Pfizer-BioNTech shot for five to 11-year-olds, an age group experiencing high coronavirus infection rates across the continent. Germany, Spain, Greece and Hungary were among those opening up their inoculation drives to the age group, with doctors reporting strong initial demand from parents.

Source: The Nation January 16, 2022 11:46 UTC