Updated Covid vaccine rollout: Third booster for immunosuppressed and over 65s

New age groups are to be eligible for Covid-19 booster vaccines. File Picture: PA

Children between the age of 5 and 11 who are immunocompromised are to be given a booster vaccine against Covid-19, according to recommendations given to the Minister for Health.

Minister Stephen Donnelly has announced on Saturday afternoon that a number of new recommendations have been made by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (Niac) and endorsed by the interim Chief Medical Officer, Professor Breda Smyth.