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Children could be given Covid-19 jabs in schools if vaccine roll-out approved for 12 to 15-year-olds

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Get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing Covid-19 jabs could be administered to children in schools if the vaccine roll-out is approved for 12 to 15-year-olds, a minister has said.

Speaking to the education select committee, Schools minister Nick Gibb said delivering the jabs in schools would be the “swiftest and most efficient” way of rolling out the vaccination programme if given the green light.

Mr Gibb said parental consent will “always be sought” before children are given the jab, but he said that in “rare” circumstances teenagers may be able to consent to receiving the jab themselves. READ MORE: New website launched to help find walk-in vaccine clinics – here’s where they are this week Last

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