NHS teams to visit hundreds of schools in England to offer Covid jabs to 12-15-year old pupils

Health teams will visit more than 800 schools across England this week to offer children aged 12-15 a coronavirus vaccine.

NHS teams are set to visit hundreds of schools in the next week to offer children a jab.

More than 600,000 young people have been vaccinated since the jabs rollout was extended to include 12 to 15-year-olds at the end of September, NHS England said.

Some 163,000 young people received a jab in the week after the national booking system opened up to them from October 22.

A further 140,000 children have their vaccine booked over the next few weeks, NHS England added.

Here is everything you need to know about the scheme.

How will it work?

Many more pupils returning to classrooms after the October half-term break can get a jab at school, NHS England said.