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.