The full list of priority groups for the new Covid vaccine
The coronavirus vaccine priority list has been confirmed as the UK becomes the first to approve the jab
Mikey Smith
Care home residents and carers will be first to get the new coronavirus vaccine, it was announced today.
The Joint Committee on Vaccinations and Immunisation (JCVI) updated the list of priorities today, after the UK became the first country in the world to approve the Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech.
The jab has been shown in studies to be 95% effective and works in all age groups.
Dr June Raine, head of the regulator which approved the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine, said no corners had been cut in assessing its safety.
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The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) chief told a Downing Street briefing: "The safety of the public will always come first.
"This recommendation has only been given by the MHRA following the most rigorous scientific assessment of every piece of data so that it meets the required strict standards of safety, of effectiveness and of quality."
The Prime Minister will give further detail and take questions in the televised briefing from Downing Street at 5pm, the Mirror report.
Here's the full list of priority groups for the new vaccine, announced by the JCVI today.
Residents in care homes for older adults and their carers
People aged 80 and over and frontline health workers
People aged 70 and over and clinically extremely vulnerable individuals
People aged 16 to 64 years with underlying health conditions which put them at higher risk of serious disease and mortality
The JCVI says that taken together, these groups represent around 99% of preventable deaths from Covid-19.