Covid jab offered to some babies and children from the age of six months The vaccine has been approved for use in children age between six months and four years old Wales Online · Apr 6, 2023
Babies and children under five to be offered Covid jab for the first time The JCVI has advised that clinically vulnerable children aged six months to four years should be offered the vaccincation. The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2023
Scotland confirm spring Covid booster programme for over-75s for end of March Scotland will offer out a spring Covid booster to those aged 75 and over at the end of March 2023 The National (Scotland) · Mar 8, 2023
Vulnerable Scots to be offered spring Covid-19 vaccine boosters Health Secretary Humza Yousaf confirmed top-up jags are expected to start before the end of the month. Daily Record · Mar 7, 2023
What is the UK’s Covid-19 spring booster programme and who is eligible for a vaccine? London is still lagging behind parts of the country in terms of the vaccine uptake Evening Standard · Mar 7, 2023
Science says UK needs to rethink stopping Covid boosters for young and healthy people The offer of third doses to everyone over 16 will be withdrawn after today Wales Online · Feb 12, 2023
COVID vaccines: why the UK needs to rethink its decision to stop boosters for young and healthy people The UK Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) recently recommended that the current autumn booster campaign, offering additional COVID vaccine doses to higher-risk groups, including people with certain medical conditions and those aged over 50, will end on February 12. The Conversation · Feb 10, 2023
11-day Covid warning as vaccination programme draws to a close The countdown is now on Nottingham Post · Feb 1, 2023
Introducing routine chickenpox jabs for children ‘could end risky pox parties’ Research suggests about three-quarters of parents would support a chickenpox jab being added to the childhood vaccination schedule. The Independent UK · Jan 30, 2023
Who in Edinburgh will get another covid jag as spring and autumn boosters planned The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) are recommending that people at a higher risk of developing more serious cases of coronavirus should get another booster in 2023. Edinburgh Live · Jan 26, 2023
Who in Glasgow will get covid jag as spring and autumn boosters planned It is being recommended by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) that people at a higher risk of developing severe covid should be getting another booster this year. Glasgow Live · Jan 26, 2023
Covid: Spring and autumn booster jabs planned for people most at risk ‘Emergency’ surge vaccines could also be required if a new variant arises that is different to Omicron Evening Standard · Jan 25, 2023
Autumn Covid booster could be offered this year as experts make new recommendation The JCVI has issued a series of recommendations for using vaccines to tackle Covid in 2023 Manchester Evening News · Jan 25, 2023
Covid-19 boosters advised for at-risk groups this autumn The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has also not ruled out the need for extra jabs should new variants be uncovered Wales Online · Jan 25, 2023
The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2023 Warning of big change to Covid vaccines in UK Vaccination experts said the nation is moving away from the ’emergency response’ to the Covid-19 pandemic
Daily Mirror · Jan 25, 2023 Universal Covid jabs to be wound down as under-50s given just weeks to get boosters JCVI bosses issued the fresh guidance as they revealed that the universal Covid vaccine programme would end this year - and urged healthy Brits who haven't had their booster to get jabbed while they have a chance
The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2023 People urged to take up Covid vaccine offer before universal programme closes Vaccination experts said the nation is moving away from the ’emergency response’ to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2022 Tory MP urged to apologise and correct record on ‘dangerous’ Covid vaccine claim Andrew Bridgen described mRNA vaccines as ‘experimental’.
Wales Online · Oct 13, 2022 Dad can get children Covid vaccines against wishes of their mother, court rules The two girls are aged eight and 10
The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2022 Father can arrange Covid vaccines for children after mother opposes, judge rules The parents are ‘diametrically opposed’ about vaccinating their daughters, according to a ruling made by Her Honour Judge Judith Rowe KC.
The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2022 Second dose of monkeypox vaccine to be offered to those most at risk, government announces Second doses will be offered two to three months after initial jab, says UKHSA
Wales Online · Sep 24, 2022 Second dose of monkeypox vaccine offered to those at highest risk There are currently no plans to widen the offer of vaccination beyond those identified as at risk of contracting the virus
The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2022 Anger at plans to roll back Covid vaccines to under-11s in England Children aged 5-11 will no longer be offered Covid jabs, except those in clinical risk groups, UKHSA confirms
The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2022 Vaccine used to combat monkeypox to be offered in smaller doses in NHS pilot One site in Manchester and two in London will begin offering ‘fractional doses’ amid limited supplies.
Bristol Post · Aug 20, 2022 Over 250 Covid cases detected in Bristol in a week The NHS has now set out plans for the next phase of the covid-19 vaccination programme