The news that thousands of people with severe learning disabilities will now get priority for the Covid vaccine has come as huge relief for many families. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe)
But that is not the case for all the 61,000 young people who are on the shielding list in the UK, as the jab isn't approved for under 16s - except in exceptional circumstances for those who tend to be in specialist care homes.
We have been speaking to one desperate family whose 13-year-old daughter has Down's syndrome - and whose doctors say she should be given the vaccine, but that they can't give it to her under the current regime.
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But that is not the case for all the 61,000 young people who are on the shielding list in the UK, as the jab isn't approved for under 16s - except in exceptional circumstances for those who tend to be in specialist care homes.
We have been speaking to one desperate family whose 13-year-old daughter has Down's syndrome - and whose doctors say she should be given the vaccine, but that they can't give it to her under the current regime.
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