12 & 3 weeks due to go Spain but can't get double-vaccinated in time

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DD's Y7 group are due to go to Barcelona in 1st week of April - one of the girls in year is 12 just 3 weeks before & it looks like she won't be allowed in Spain as she won't be double-vaccinated & she's not caught it (despite it going round her year group twice). She can get one jab but not the 2nd one in time & so it looks she won't be allowed into Spain.

Anyone had this problem? Any suggestions?

@BrieAndChilli

the problem is that you have to have 12weeks between jab 1 and 2 so even if you have the first jab the day you turn 12 you wont be able to have the 2nd (and be fully vaccinated) until you are 12+ 3 months. I think if the above people are correct about the 3 month grace period that is a good compromise by countries.

That’s still too tight as you’d have to have the vaccine on your 12th birthday and then the second less than 12 weeks later. And some require you to be 2 weeks post vaccine

Personally, I am hoping that vaccination is opened up to 5-11 year olds which will resolve the issue I have with my oldest DC turning 12 in the summer. However, if countries start to require 5+ to be vaccinated there will be the same problem for those turning 5 so a grace period would be sensible.

That is a ridiculous idea of school to take a y7 class somewhere that most of them won't be double vacced for.

What on earth is the school thinking?
It's divisive to only take the oldest 3rd because kids born after Xmas won't be double vacced. My DD wasn't even 12 in y7, she's late summer born!

My dd1 is 13 and double jabbed already. She had her 1st dose at school on October just before her birthday. Then the 2nd dose in December. The guidance said 8 weeks was the minimum gap needed between the 2. So it's not 12 weeks any more.

@Jessicabrassica presumably the school booked it before the rules changed on 1 December.

Also worth noting that the gap between doses in other EU countries (and outside EU) is 3 weeks max. So the grace period could be as little as a month, because that’s what most teenagers are offered around the world.

@BunsyGirl for UK they changed in December. Vaccination only was already a requirement for other countries with a similar epidemiological situation. So yes, months. It’s only EU countries that are exempt from sudden, arbitrary decisions and rules. Which each sovereign country is entitled to make, and change with little notice.

@EileenGC so I was right and it wasn’t months for the U.K.

@BunsyGirl not quite. I replied to this

I reckon rules will change when they realise how ridiculous it is and how it will effect tourism

by saying:

Rules have been in place for months now

I didn't specify rules for the UK. That rule existed well before it was applied to the UK.

@Meredusoleil

My dd1 is 13 and double jabbed already. She had her 1st dose at school on October just before her birthday. Then the 2nd dose in December. The guidance said 8 weeks was the minimum gap needed between the 2. So it's not 12 weeks any more.

We are in wales and my daughter was told it needed to be minimum of 12 weeks. My 15 year old had his boaster last weekend and we had to queue 2hours (even with an appt!). 13 year old DD was also with us so I asked if she could have hers but because it hadn’t been 12 weeks she has to wait h til next week to have here 2nd

If she's year 7 there will be on average roughly 5/12s of the year who are still 11yo so a good number won't be able to go.

Italy the same. We are considering Turkey for first time ever as I've not had 12 year old vaccinated and don't intend to.....

Italy is not the same. The Tui website has a very useful table which sets out the requirements for each country, if anyone needs it.

You do need to be fully vaccinated over 12 to access public spaces/public transport/local facilities in Italy.

So Italy is out unless you plan to stay in a private residence and not go anywhere.

Can understand why people are looking at other countries with less restrictions.

Oh sorry! We are in Engkand. Had no idea the rules weren't the same across the UK 🤦

All the 11 year olds can go but not the one 12 year old unless she's been double vaccinated.