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'Listen to the JVCI', says Boris Johnson after decision to offer 16 and 17-year-olds vaccine

Telegraph, 05 Aug 2021
Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he supports the decision of the JCVI to introduce 16 and 17-year-olds to the NHS vaccination programme.

"I think it's very important that everyone in politics listens first to the clinicians and the medical experts", he said.

The Prime Minister had been speaking with Police Scotland as they prepare to host COP26 in Glasgow later this year.

Read more: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/08/04/covid-vaccines-offered-16-17-year-olds-within-weeks/

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