PREGNANT women and 34-year-olds are now eligible to receive the vaccine – council bosses say.
The age has been brought down twice this week as officials attempt to guard against the Indian variant of the virus.
Thirty-four and 35-year-olds are now eligible to receive the first dose of the vaccine.
In a new move, pregnant women are being urged to receive the vaccination – after previously being told to wait until after they had given birth.
Pregnant women will be advised to have the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna vaccines.
Data from the US shows that pregnant women have been vaccinated without any safety concerns, which led the UK's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation to recommend the vaccine in the UK.
A spokesperson for Barnsley Council said: "The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has advised that pregnant women should be offered Covid-19 vaccines at the same time as people of the same age or Covid-19 risk group.
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