Covid-19 vaccine appointments for children will be available via the online booking service in a bid to 'ramp up' vaccinations in young teenagers over the half-term break, the health secretary has said.
Children aged between 12 and 15 years old will now be able use the national booking service to secure a first dose of the jab, Sajid Javid told MPs' in the House of Commons this afternoon.
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