Updated JCVI advice for vaccinating 5 to 11-year-olds
03 March 2022
(Last updated: 11 Mar 2026 14:32)
The government has accepted updated advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) on the vaccination of non at risk 5 to 11 year-olds.
The JCVI advises:
“a non-urgent offer of two 10 mcg doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (Comirnaty®) to children aged 5 to 11 years of age who are not in a clinical risk group. The two doses should be offered with an interval of at least 12 weeks between doses.”
A full copy of the JCVI advice can be found here.
This letter from NHS England and NHS Improvement sets out the actions they are now asking the NHS to take to begin administering vaccinations to 5 – 11 year-olds from the beginning of April 2022 and highlights the latest advice for 12-year-old children who are still in year 7.