theguardian. respond to. sonia, take us to theguardian. covid respond to. sonia, take us to theguardian. covid jab - respond to. sonia, take us to - theguardian. covid jab programme extended for all children, not compulsory but if their families wanted between five to ii. this wanted between five to 11. this announcement wanted between five to 11. ti 3 announcement comes in the wake of similar announcements in wales and scotland. i think it s something that people were anticipating, there s been months and months of deliberation here in the uk whether to extend the vaccine to five to ii year olds. the stories interesting because it s reported that it can be made available to five to ii year olds and everything a massive campaign for the take out. the main protection of this may be if there were a two another same aversive bear wave in the future it could enable five to ii year olds level of protection, they have a level of protection, they have a level of protection already. the