GP surgery ‘offering vaccine to residents aged 50 or over’ ahead of national rollout, councillor claims

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direct to your inboxHealthy under 60s who aren’t key workers are being vaccinated in Trafford ahead of the national guidelines, a councillor has claimed.Currently, the national vaccine rollout is on ‘cohort five’ of its nine-stage plan, where the jab is only being offered to all those in the community aged 65 years or over.However, a Trafford councillor says he has been told of a GP surgery vaccinating patients aged 50 years old or over – despite them being in cohort nine of the national guidance from the government’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).Coun Julian Newgrosh, of the Liberal Democrats, said the surgery had nearly completed the initial nine-stage vaccine priority list for its patients.Both NHS England and.