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Jabs were rolled out to thousands of schoolchildren yesterday in an ambitious drive to vaccinate all youngsters before the October half term.
NHS teams are going into hundreds of secondary schools this week to deliver Covid-19 vaccinations to 12 to 15-year-olds.
Three million youngsters are now eligible for the Pfizer vaccine after chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty gave the programme the go-ahead.
Schools are sending out consent letters to parents, in line with current standard practice for childhood vaccinations such as HPV.
The Covid vaccines are being delivered by around 60 School Age Immunisation Services across the country, which have teams made up of clinical staff such as paediatric nurses and school nurses.
Three million youngsters are now eligible for the Pfizer vaccine after chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty gave the programme the go-ahead
NHS teams are going into hundreds of secondary schools this week to deliver Covid-19 vaccinations to 12 to 15-year-olds
Guidance has been issued to headteachers to contact police if they believe anti-vaxx protests are planned outside their premises.
The NHS is aiming to offer vaccinations to all eligible children before the October half-term.
Officials hope the programme will curb the size of any winter wave and reduce disruption to education.
Quinn Foakes, 15, was one of the first schoolchildren to get the jab yesterday and said he was ‘excited’ as it was another step towards life getting back to normal.
The pupil at Belfairs Academy secondary school in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, said: ‘I was nervous at first but
