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<p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) consists of independent
experts who advise the Government on which vaccines the United Kingdom should use
and provide advice on prioritisation at a population level. For the first phase,
the JCVI has advised that the vaccine be given to care home residents and staff, as
well as frontline health and social care workers, then to the rest of the population
in order of age and clinical risk factors.</p><p>If teachers are captured in phase
one due to their age or clinical risk factors then they will be prioritised. However,
as advised by the JCVI, we are not considering vaccinating teachers in phase one.
Prioritisation decisions for the next phase of delivery are subject to the surveillance
and monitoring of data and information from phase one, as well as further input from
independent scientific experts such as the JCVI. Phase two of the deployment may include
further reduction in hospitalisation and targeted vaccination of those at high risk
of exposure and/or those delivering key public services, such as teachers.</p>
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