Guidance

COVID-19 vaccination: resources for children 6 months to 11 years

Information for parents of eligible children aged 6 months to 11 years on COVID-19 vaccination.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 13 January 2022
• Last updated: 12 September 2023 — See all updates

Applies to England

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What to expect after your child’s COVID-19 vaccination

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What to expect after your child’s COVID-19 vaccination (print version)

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Resources on COVID-19 vaccination for eligible children aged 6 months to 11 years.

What to expect after your child’s COVID-19 vaccination

This leaflet is for healthcare practitioners to give to parents and carers of eligible children after their vaccination. It provides information on what to expect after vaccination.

Paper copies of this leaflet are available free to order or download in the following languages:

English, Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional, Cantonese) Estonian, Farsi, French, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Latvian, Lithuanian, Panjabi, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Romany, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu and Yiddish.

An English large print version is available to order.

A British Sign Language video of this leaflet is available to view or download.

A Braille version of this leaflet is available to order.

An audio version is available to download.

Other resources

Resources for at-risk children aged 6 months to 11 years are available to download and order.

Resources for children and young people aged 12 to 17 are available to download and order.

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Published 13 January 2022
Last updated 12 September 2023 + show all updates

1. 12 September 2023

   Removed guide for parents of children aged 5 to 11 years of age, due to programme change.

2. 21 June 2023

   Added link to 'COVID-19 vaccination: at-risk children aged 6 months to 11 years' and removed 'A guide for parents of children aged 5 to 11 years at high risk'.

3. 28 March 2022

   Added link to view the guide for parents of children aged 5 to 11 years British Sign Language video.

4. 25 March 2022

   Added links to alternative formats of 'What to expect after your child’s COVID-19 vaccination'; added links to translations and alternative formats of the guide for parents of children aged 5 to 11 years.

5. 10 March 2022

   Added links to translated versions of the what to expect leaflet.

6. 4 March 2022

   Added a guide for parents of children aged 5 to 11.

7. 16 February 2022

   Added link to easy-read resources.

8. 14 January 2022

   Updated the guide for parents of children aged 5 to 11 years of age at high risk.

9. 13 January 2022

   First published.