PARENTS are being warned against a fake NHS worker offering coronavirus 'immunity' jabs to kids under-five.

The man, who carries NHS ID, has been going door-to-door in the Staffs area where he is offering to give kids the 'immunity injections'.

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He has struck at several addresses in Blythe Bridge where he asked if any under-fives lived there.

Mayfield Drive, Elmwood Drive and The Avenue were among some of the streets targeted on Thursday and Friday last week.

He is also believed to have knocked on doors in Stoke-on-Trent, StokeonTrentLive reports.

There is currently no COVID-19 vaccine and the World Health Organisation (WHO) says it could be a year until there is one.

'NO COLD CALLS'

The bogus worker was reported to a GP surgery in Blythe Bridge before being passed on to the police.

A warning post on Facebook reads: "Be aware! There is a white male, English, doing the rounds in the Blythe Bride area knocking on doors asking if there's children under five in the house.

"He was literally offering door-to-door immunity injections with no pre-warning so be suspicious if you have a knock at the door.

"He was around the Mayfield Drive area at 1.30pm."

But the NHS has made clear this is not normal behaviour.

A spokesperson for the health service said: "The NHS does not cold call."

The Sun Online has contacted Staffordshire Police for comment.

URGENT JAB PLEA

Last month, the UK donated £20million to help speed up the process, hoping to get a jab made in six months.

Meanwhile scientists are racing to find a vaccine, even offering to pay £3,500 to volunteers willing to be infected with a strain of the deadly bug.

It would mean up to 24 people at a time being paid to be infected with a less harmful form of Covid-19 at a lab in east London, as part of a global experiment.

It comes as doctors warned Brits today they could face a coronavirus lockdown like Italy in 14 days – with pubs shutting and sporting events being suspended.

The whole of Italy is in lockdown with travel and public gatherings banned as the number of deaths soared past 450.

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