Vaccine roll-out starts today as hundreds of thousands offered jab

There is a higher risk for young peopleNeil Shaw Assistant Editor (Money and Lifestyle)06:57, 13 Jul 2026Hundreds of thousands of teenagers in England who are heading to university this autumn will be able to book a pharmacy appointment to have the meningitis B vaccine from today. Year 13 pupils aged 17 and 18 will be eligible for the one-off jab programme, with two doses given at least 28 days apart.‌People under 25 who are going to university or other residential further education in the autumn will also be eligible and can book their appointments, which start from July 20. The vaccination programme was announced by the Government last month after a series of meningitis outbreaks, the most serious of which was in Kent and left two teenagers dead.‌MenB is a serious infection that can be f