Pressure on pharmacies as vaccine-keen 18 to 34-year-olds scramble for jabs

Updated advice from the National Immunisation Advisory Committee allows for the AstraZeneca and Janssen vaccines to be given to people under the age of 40. Picture:Bloomberg

Pharmacists have been inundated with calls after the vaccine rollout programme was unexpectedly extended to younger people almost two months ahead of schedule. 

It follows updated advice from the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (Niac) that the AstraZeneca and Janssen vaccines can be given to people under the age of 40.