The Policing Minister has said the Government wants to 'communicate the hell out of' encouraging young people to get a Covid jab.

Speaking on Sky News, Kit Malthouse was asked what was being done to increase the uptake among young people.

Mr Malthouse said: "We are urging people to get out there and get the jab, and of course tens of thousands of people are every day and that is the other reason to try and urge as many young people as possible to get in there and do so.

"We know that there is a high prevalence amongst those age groups, we want them to get vaccinated and we will be communicating the hell out of that. Anything you can do to help us, parents, grandparents, friends, whatever it might be to urge young people to go out there and get jabbed will be fantastic."

The minister also said he thought there had been a dip in Covid case rates in recent days because schools had broken up, but added there was currently an 'interesting cocktail of effects' on the virus. He added: "Six days of drop is great, let's hope it continues, but we are waiting to see what happens over the next few days."