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<p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) are the independent
experts who advise the Government on which vaccine/s the UK should use and provide
advice on who should be offered them. JCVI advises that the first priorities for the
COVID-19 vaccination should be the prevention of mortality and the maintenance of
the health and social care systems, and as the risk of mortality from COVID-19 increases
with age, prioritisation is primarily based on age. This prioritisation captures almost
all preventable deaths from COVID-19. In the next phase of the vaccine rollout, JCVI
have asked that the Department for Health and Social Care consider occupational vaccination
in collaboration with other Government departments. The Department is working with
the Department for Health and Social Care and Public Health England to ensure that
the education and childcare workforce is considered for prioritisation in the roll
out of the COVID-19 vaccine.</p>
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