Ministers have been scrambling to find a way to encourage the final third of 18-29-year-olds to get jabbed as coronavirus cases continue to rise above 30,000 each day'Get jabbed or miss out on clubbing' young people told in latest government campaignYoung people are being warned to get vaccinated or "miss out on good times" as part of the government's latest campaign to increase jab uptake. Despite over two thirds of people aged 18 to 29 having been jabbed once, ministers are worried enthusiasm is starting to tail off. Image: AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images)Yesterday saw 33,334 people get their first jab, a figure well down on June's peak. Mr Javid confirmed on Wednesday that he had accepted recommendations from the UK's vaccine experts to allow healthy older teenagers to get jabbed. "This is the second announcement around vaccinations for children or young people in the last three weeks but we still haven’t seen detailed plans for roll-out of the first."

Source: Daily Mirror August 06, 2021 16:18 UTC