Covid-19 UK: Minister refuses to say if parental consent will be needed under teenage vaccine plans
Advertisement Experts have today called into question No10's 'pretty pointless' plans to vaccinate more than 1.5million 16 and 17-year-olds, saying most are already immune to the virus through previous infections. Health chiefs are set to recommend all 16 and 17 year olds get jabs today, marking a dramatic U-turn — given just two weeks ago the same expert panel advised against doing so. Boris Johnson is expected to accept the guidance immediately, paving the way for the roll-out to begin later this month. Jabs could be administered in schools. But Professor David Livermore, a microbiolog...