England Winding Down Offering COVID-19 Vaccines to Children Under 12

13-year-old boy from Newcastle receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Excelsior Academy in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, on Sept. 22, 2021. Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

Authorities are winding down COVID-19 jabs for children aged 5–11, except for those in clinical risk groups, as they said this offer was only applicable to children who only recently turned five years old.

In line with previous plans, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirmed that children who had not turned five by the end of August were not offered a routine COVID-19 vaccination.