Parents are considering taking their children abroad to get vaccinated against Covid-19 as they become increasingly frustrated by the pace of the vaccine roll-out while the spread of Omicron surges.
Last week the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) recommended that clinically vulnerable children aged five to 11 should be offered a Covid vaccine.
The JCVI also advised that the jab should be offered to children within this cohort who live with anyone who is immunosuppressed. A blanket roll-out of the jab to this age group is currently on hold.
For some parents, the delay in approval of the jab for children aged under 11 has driven them to keep their children off school over fears they may catch the virus. Others are considering travelling abroad to get their children vaccinated.
Chris and Glad Salt, from Essex, are among the parents worried about the risk Covid poses to their son, aged five, and daughter, aged seven.
Neither of their children would be eligible for a Covid jab under the current JCVI recommendation as they are not clinically high risk.
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