Students can take walk-in Covid jabs from Friday

Students aged 12 or above can take their coronavirus jabs at 24 vaccination centres without a booking from Friday.

Currently, people who are 60 or older can get a same-day ticket to receive a Covid-19 jab on a walk-in basis.

The government decided to extend the arrangement to cover students studying at primary and secondary schools, as well as post-secondary institutions.

Each student can be accompanied by a maximum of two people, such as their family members, for the vaccination.

Those accompanying the youngster can take the jabs as well.

“As the summer holiday is coming to an end, we hope that such an arrangement will assist students and their parents who have not yet received vaccination to get vaccinated,” a government spokesman said.

The same-day tickets will be distributed from 7.45am every day on a first-come, first-served basis.

Those aged 12 to 17 are required to bring along a consent form signed by their parents for vaccination.