Immunisation

The following groups of Jersey residents are offered vaccines against a variety of diseases.

• pre-school children
  
• teenagers
• pregnant women
  
• older people
  

The overall aim of the routine immunisation schedules for these groups is to provide protection against a number of vaccine-preventable infections.

For some diseases, when vaccine coverage is high enough to induce high levels of population immunity, infections may even be eliminated, for example diphtheria.

For highly contagious infections such as measles, the World Health Organisation recommends at least 95% of children are immunised against measles.

Immunisation Report 2022

Jersey pre-school immunisation

Before Jersey resident children begin school, they are offered a number of vaccinations. Follow the link below to see the vaccinations currently offered to pre-school children

Pre-school vaccinations

Immunisation uptake rates of children at (or by) 12 months of age

Source: Statistics Jersey, download the data

Immunisation uptake rates of children at 2 years of age

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2018 was the last year 5-in-1, DTaP/IPV/Hib vaccine was administered in England and Jersey. In 2019, England and Jersey began to use the 6-in-1, DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB vaccine which also vaccinates against Hepatitis B. 

These 6-in-1 vaccines were first administered to 24-month olds in 2020, the first time the 6-in-1 cohort reached the requisite age.

Immunisation uptake rates of children at 5 years of age

Source: Statistics Jersey, download the data

Immunisation of Jersey school children

Jersey school children are offered a number of vaccinations. Follow the link below to see the vaccinations currently offered to school children.

School children vaccinations

School children immunisation

Source: Statistics Jersey, download the data

Immunisation of Jersey adults

A number of groups of adults are offered vaccines.

Adult immunisations

Source: Statistics Jersey, download the data

COVID-19 vaccinations

Statistics on Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccinations are published on the COVID-19 statistics page below.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination statistics for Jersey