People aged 25 to 29 in England will be able to book their coronavirus vaccination from tomorrow morning.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced the extension to the country’s COVID-19 vaccination programme in a statement to MPs in the Commons.

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“From this week we will start offering vaccinations to people under 30, bringing us ever closer to the goal of offering a vaccine to all adults in the UK by the end of next month,” he said.

“From tomorrow morning, we will open up vaccination to people aged 25 to 29.

“Over the remainder of this week, the NHS will send texts to people in these age groups and GPs will be inviting people on their lists to come forward.”

A total of 40,333,231 people in the UK have so far received their first jab, while 27,661,353 second vaccines have been administered.

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