all

Calls for teachers to be on priority list for Covid-19 vaccine

Reading now: 180
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

coronavirus vaccine today being approved by the UK's medicines regulator for use, those who work in education say school staff need to be among the first to get it.

With thousands of pupils and staff isolating amid positive cases of Covid in schools, they say it will help minimise the disruption to children's education.Guidance from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) says older adults in care homes and staff in care homes should be first.It is very likely that NHS staff and patients will also be first to be vaccinated when the roll out begins next week.A provisional priority list has been published, ranking according to clinical risk and age, but there is no mention of those who work in schools.Steve Chalke is.

Read more on manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The website covid-19.rehab is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA