Drop in Covid jab sessions due to open for children

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Image caption, Jersey States is encouraging parents and carers to vaccinate their children before their return to school in September

Drop in Covid-19 vaccination sessions are due to open for children in Jersey over the age of five.

is encouraging parents and carers to vaccinate their children before their return to school in September.

Ahead of the return to school, parents and carers can bring children to the "rock-up" clinics at Le Sports Centre to get vaccinated.

The sessions begin on Friday, and will be held each Friday between 12:30 and 17:30 BST and on Saturdays between 09:00 and 15:00 BST, until 27 August.