first to receive the vaccine in phase two, followed by those aged 30 to 39 and then the remainder or adults above the age of 18.
Phase two is expected to start from April 15, when the government hopes to have vaccinated everyone in phase one of the programme, which includes adults over 50-years-old, health and social care workers, and clinically vulnerable adults.The JCVI had looked at whether priority groups should focus on those in public-facing occupations, but concluded that the most effective way to prevent death and hospital admission is to carry on prioritising people by age.
Professor Wei Shen Lim, Covid-19 chair for JCVI, said: “An occupation-based vaccine programme has never been tested before on a large scale in the UK.
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