The NHS said anyone getting a message on the booking site that they were “ineligible” should try againHuge demand from under-30s for Covid jabs led to huge online queues to book appointments this morning as the vaccine rollout entered “the home straight”. People in their late twenties were told that up to 14,000 people were waiting ahead of them as “lots of people are trying to book an appointment” on the NHS website. SponsoredWaiting times varied from five to 20 minutes before people could look for free slots at vaccination centres. Adam Briggs, a senior policy fellow at the Health Foundation think tank, said “this kind of demand is really encouraging” as he was held in a queue trying to book his own vaccine. About 3.8 million people in England aged 25 to 29 can book appointments from this morning, while in

Source: The Times June 08, 2021 10:52 UTC