Get the M.E.N.'s Manchester Family newsletter for all the latest from school closures to ways to entertain the kids All young people aged 16 and 17-years-old in England are to be offered a first dose of the coronavirus vaccine by next week.
Health Secretary Sajid Javid announced that all teens in that age group will have had the chance to get jabbed by Monday, August 23 before returning to school and college in September.
Tens of thousands of people in this age group have already been vaccinated at local vaccination sites and walk-in centres across the country, the government said.
NHS England launched a new online walk-in site finder to help 16 and 17-year-olds locate the nearest available centre, while further sites will go online over