Health
Government advisers to recommend prioritising age in next stages of vaccine rollout – The Independent
‘One of the great successes of the programme is the rate of deployment, and this is now the most important factor in the programme,’ says JCVI chairman
As the Covid vaccine rollout continues to make progress across the UK, government advisers are prepared to recommend that age should be the deciding factor in how to prioritise the next stages of the programme.
Professor Wei Shen Lim, chair of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), said age dominates the approach for the next phase of the mass vaccination programme.
It comes amid reports that all over-40s could be offered a coronavirus jab as soon as the next few weeks, with…
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