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<p>The COVID-19 vaccination programme is based on the advice of the Joint Committee
on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). The JCVI is an independent expert advisory
committee to the Government.</p><p> </p><p>The JCVI has advised that the priority
for the first phase of the COVID-19 vaccination programme should be the prevention
of mortality. The JCVI has advised that teachers will be considered for prioritisation
in the second phase of the programme. Teachers aged 50 years and older, or in an at-risk
group are eligible for vaccination in the first phase of the programme.</p>
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