Originally Posted by
Ruth4325
Nothing I can see about young people and vaccine status today though. If they are not going to double vaccinate 12-16 year olds they won’t be considered ‘fully vaccinated’ so families with kids in this age group wishing to travel overseas still have to go through all the rigmarole of testing. I think those of us in this category need specific guidance - hopefully it will come.
As I understand it, and this is for non Red countries, children under 12 have no restrictions. Children aged 12 to 18 need one vaccine to do just the Lateral Flow tests after arrival - this should be applicable for families returning to England (UK?) after the half term break at the end of October. As you will be aware, some children under 18 get 2 doses, but I don't think there is going to be a distinction on that one since it is a small number. There isn't an intention to double jab those under 17 years and 9 months old at this point, and given the way the data comes in, I can't see it changing before Christmas.