The committee advises priority vaccination of the following groups:
frontline health and social care workers
those at increased risk of serious disease and death from COVID-19 infection stratified according to age and risk factors
There is ongoing work within the UK to refine the identification of persons at risk of serious disease and mortality from COVID-19 infection. As well as age and underlying co-morbid conditions, the committee notes that early signals have been identified of other potential risk factors, including deprivation and ethnicity. As more evidence on at-risk groups emerges, this work will inform the review of the composition, and order of priority, of groups for vaccination.