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<p>The Government takes advice from the independent Joint Committee on Vaccination
and Immunisation (JCVI) regarding who should be vaccinated first and this is kept
under review. The JCVI has advised that the immediate priority for the current COVID-19
vaccination programme should be the prevention of mortality and the protection of
health and social care staff and systems.</p><p>In phase one of the vaccination programme,
all frontline healthcare staff who are eligible for seasonal influenza vaccination
will be offered a COVID-19 vaccine. This includes doctors, dentists, midwives and
nurses, paramedics and ambulance drivers, pharmacists, optometrists, occupational
therapists, physiotherapists, and radiographers.</p>
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