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Thousands of students to be jabbed in colleges next week

Thousands of students to be jabbed in colleges next week
06/04/2016, Waterford IT (Picture: Lafayette)

Thousands of college students will be able to get a Covid-19 vaccine on campus from next week.

Eleven pop-up centres are being set up in a bid to improve uptake.

80 per cent of 16-29-year-olds have so far been fully vaccinated.

Higher Education Minister Simon Harris says the rollout's already been a huge success.

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"At this stage what it's about is - literally every half a percentage point we can win provides extra protection.

"Not just extra protection to the individual, but extra protection to the college community, and the community in which the college is based."

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