direct to your inbox Another 1.7 million people will be told to shield in England after experts identified more adults at serious risk of coronavirus.
Those newly identified as being at higher risk because of multiple factors, including underlying health conditions, will get priority access for vaccines, it has been confirmed.Letters will be arriving imminently telling people they should be in the shielding group.This means that almost four million people will be on the shielding list in addition to the 2.2 million people already considered at risk in England.Officials will be advising that shielding continues until March 31, Dr Jenny Harries, deputy chief medical officer for England, has said.Some will have already been offered a Covid-19.
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