also remind parents with children aged in the secondary school age, to go and get there, so the 12 15 year olds, we have a ready past the 80% first dose for that group. we need to get to the second dose. we are over 75% so we are closing in on it. a reminder, it is notjust five to ii year olds that are on the back to school list. make sure for the 12 15 s, back to school list. make sure forthe 12 15 s, if back to school list. make sure for the 12 15 s, if they haven t had their second dose, to go and get those as well. i also want to note that reinfection on 0micron can occur. so all this nonsense about covid parties, it s ridiculous. 0k? reinfection can occur with 0micron. so if you think you can go out there, get the virus and get it over with? that s not how it works. that s not how the virus is writing the rules. so continue to take
liz says: more teens please i personally think all secondary school age children should be offered the vaccine .and someone else says so pleased and relieved about vaccine for over 16s my 17 year old son can now get the same protection as his older siblings. that s just a flavour of the views and vaccinating younger people. if you have any questions about vaccines for the under 18 is, the roll out and how it might work, we d love to hear from you because at 2:30pm we are going to put a question to our health correspondent jim reed. you can get in touch with twitter using the hashtag. and you can e mail us. the uk prime minister is setting off on a two day visit to scotland today.
the task of making sure that their pupils to wear a mask? obviously a secondary school age the majority of these children will be able to fully understand why mask wearing is being asked of them. what do you think it nonetheless may be difficult for some schools do matter is this? i think it will be difficult. it s another measure that schools are having to now introduce alongside making sure pupils are tested and staff are testing frequently and managing both people and staff absences. what we ve seen over the course of the pandemic is that schools and school leaders have been incredibly resilient and have adopted really well to everything that has been thrown at them. the introduction of face coverings in the classrooms in england, it s not ideal but if it means that schools
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scheme and it is not going to do what they think it is going to do. no other part of the uk is bringing in a scheme quite like scotland. the government yeah hopes it will encourage more people to get double jabbed. but the introduction has proved politically controversial, beset by glitches and far from straightforward. one in every 20 children of secondary school age in england is infected with coronavirus, according to the latest estimates from the office for national statistics. this is the highest reported rate for this age group or any other since the pandemic began. our health editor hugh pym is here. we are talking to 11 15 year olds. how significant is this? this we are talking to 11-15 -year-olds. how significant is this? how significant is this? this is further confirmation how significant is this? this is further confirmation of - how significant is this? this is further confirmation of the - further confirmation of the back to school effect for children going back e