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Private schools were not prioritised for Covid vaccine, NHS says

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Private schools were not prioritised in Manchester's Covid vaccination programme, the organisation responsible for the rollout has confirmed.

Four private and 10 state schools were selected for the programme to vaccinate 11 to 15-year-olds in the first four weeks of the scheme, which started at the end September and was completed within two months.

The first students to be vaccinated in Manchester were at Didsbury High School - a state-funded free school - followed by two private girls schools. READ MORE: 'Not a chance' - Parents react to younger children being offered Covid vaccine Some state schools which were due to vaccinate their students in the first couple of weeks asked to postpone as they could not accommodate the visit.

But by November, students at all of Manchester's schools were offered the jab. It comes after councillors were told that schools with more 'wherewithal' were the first to put themselves forward for the programme and get the vaccines.

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