Covid-19 Update Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office
Wednesday 5th January 2022

(2 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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We have accepted the advice of the JCVI on at-risk five to 11-year-olds, and we will be rolling it out later this month.

Jacob Young Portrait Jacob Young (Redcar) (Con)
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I welcome the announcement of no new restrictions and of the changes to testing for travel, which will make it far easier and cheaper for families to go abroad, but many immunosuppressed people in Redcar and Cleveland are unsure about what they should be doing in the face of omicron. Can the Prime Minister give a message to those who were previously shielding?

Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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My hon. Friend has raised the issues of the immunosuppressed before, and I understand the points that he makes. We have contacted 1.3 million of them with a view to giving them treatment with antivirals.