Covid-19 vaccine

With safe and effective Covid-19 vaccines now approved and available for use in the UK, the NHS has begun the huge task of offering vaccinations to the whole adult population — some 53 million people. The need to start with the most vulnerable is the basis behind the “priority groups” strategy, which sets out the order in which different cohorts of people will be offered the vaccines.

The strategy has been developed by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), the independent expert advisory group responsible for making recommendations to the Government relating to all aspects of vaccination.