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COVID-19: letter regarding clinically extremely vulnerable children and young people

Reference-only version of letter from the government to all parents of clinically extremely vulnerable children and young people on the shielded patient list.

Updates to this page

From:
UK Health Security Agency and Department of Health and Social Care
Published:
18 March 2021
Last updated:
1 October 2021
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  1. Added translations for Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Nepali, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi and Urdu. Also added a British sign language version.

  2. Added letter to parents of clinically extremely vulnerable children and young people on the shielded patient list.

  3. Added easy read version of the letter.

  4. Added translations for Arabic, Begali, Bulgarian, simplified and traditional Chinese, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Nepali, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi and Urdu.

  5. Updated with large print, audio, and British Sign Language versions.

  6. First published.

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Current information is available at COVID-19: guidance on protecting people defined on medical grounds as extremely vulnerable.

Applies to England

Documents

Letter to parents of clinically extremely vulnerable children and young people

PDF, 1.31 MB, 3 pages

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Letter to parents of clinically extremely vulnerable children and young people – large print

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Details

The government has issued a new letter to all parents of clinically extremely vulnerable children and young people on the shielded patient list on 23 August 2021.

Letter to parents of clinically extremely vulnerable children and young people on the shielded patient list – audio version

Letter to parents of clinically extremely vulnerable children and young people on the shielded patient list

Letter to parents of children and young people on the shielded patient list – British sign language version

Letter to parents of children and young people on the shielded patient list – British sign language version

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