LONDON — Britain"s health minister has urged young people to come forward when invited to receive their COVID-19 vaccinations as jabs open up to people over the age of 25 this week. Starting Tuesday, young people between the ages of 25 and 29 will be receiving invitations to get their first coronavirus jab, Matt Hancock said on Monday. "From this week we will start offering vaccinations to people under-30, bringing us ever closer to the goal of offering a vaccine to all adults in the UK by the end of next month," Hancock told MPs on Monday. People under the age of 30 represent the final cohort on the British government"s vaccine priority list. However, Hancock expressed concerns that young people could potentially have doubts over whether they need to get the jab."The majority of people in hospital with COVID appear to be those who haven"t had the vaccine at all," he said. As of 3 June, Hancock said that 12,383 cases of the Delta variant had seen 464 receive emergency care, with 126 admitted to hospital. "Of these 126 people, 83 were unvaccinated, 28 had received one dose and just three had received both doses of the vaccine," he said. "The jabs are working, we have to keep coming forward to get them and that includes vitally that second jab which we know gives better protection against the Delta variant," the health secretary asserted. Whether the progress of the vaccination program will be enough to see the British government move forward with its goal of lifting all coronavirus measures on 21 June remains to be seen, however. Hancock said it was still too soon to say whether the government would be able to move forward with its plan. He said that a decision would be announced next Monday on June 14. "I know that these restrictions have not been easy," Hancock said. However, he said: "I"m confident that one day soon, freedom will return. To do this we must stay vigilant." — Euronews