Federation threatens legal action over decision not to give police vaccine priority amid claims Etihad centre 'at half capacity'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inboxPolice federation bosses are threatening legal action over the government's decision not to give vaccine priority to officers.The Greater Manchester Police Federation says 11.8 per cent of the workforce has tested positive for Covid-19 during the pandemic, compared with 6 per cent of the general UK population.The numbers demonstrate how officers are at more risk of getting coronavirus as a result of their job, the Fed argues.The Government and its Joint Committee on Vaccine Immunisation (JCVI) confirmed last week there would be no occupational priority during the second phase of the vaccine rollout.Vaccine groups continue to be called forward by age or those with health conditions.Now the GMP Fed has put out an explosive.
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