Health
Covid-19 second-stage vaccinations to be delayed across UK – The Guardian
Amid soaring death toll chief medical officers approve first doses as priority
Now that the UK has authorised the first Covid vaccine, who will get it first?
The governments Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) says its priority is to prevent Covid-related deaths and protect health and social care staff and systems.
Elderly care home residents and their carers are first on the JCVIs list because their risk of exposure to the virus is higher and because the risk of death closely correlates with older age. They are followed in priority by anyone else over 80…
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