Children as young as 12 could get jab within weeks with 20% of recent Covid cases in teens

Children as young as 12 will be able to get Covid-19 vaccinations in the coming weeks after the Government announced an expansion of the vaccine programme.

Children as young as 12 will be able to get Covid-19 vaccinations in the coming weeks after the Government announced an expansion of the vaccine programme.

The decision was taken by Cabinet on foot of advice from the National Immunisation Advisory Council (Niac) and could see 250,000 people in the younger age cohort receive their vaccines in the coming weeks.