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First doses of a Covid vaccine will begin being given to 16 and 17-year-olds in the UK within weeks after government experts reversed a previous decision to only make the jab available for the most vulnerable under-18s.
The move brings the UK in line with several other European countries that have already started vaccinating teens, as well as the UAE, Israel, Japan, Singapore, US, China, Canada, and the Philippines.
