UK’s vaccination programme expands to cover over-70s, Health News, ET HealthWorld
The NHS has so far been working to vaccinate the first two priority cohorts recommended by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), which are care home residents and staff, and those aged 80 and over and frontline health and care staff.
Vaccinating these groups will remain the priority, but vaccination sites which have enough supply and capacity for vaccinating further people are allowed to offer vaccinations to the next two cohorts – those aged 70 and over and clinically extremely vulnerable people.
“Today is a significant milestone in our vaccination programme as we open it up to millions of more people who are most at risk from Covid-19,”