Covid vaccine to be offered to third of a million vulnerable 5-to-11-year-olds

330,000 at-risk children aged 5 to 11 will be offered the vaccines against Covid

Mass vaccination of primary school children will be delayed while experts wait for more information, an official body ruled yesterday.Sponsored

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