Coronavirus: Vaccination

(asked on 22nd February 2021) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on prioritising frontline police officers and firefighters for covid-19 vaccination.


Answered by
Kit Malthouse Portrait
Kit Malthouse
This question was answered on 25th February 2021

The Home Office is in regular contact with the Department for Health and Social Care on vaccination prioritisation issues. Decisions are guided by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). The first phase of prioritisation is split across nine sequential groups, including those considered clinically vulnerable and those over the age of 50. Police and Fire and Rescue personnel falling into these categories will be offered the vaccine as part of the roll out. In addition, PCSOs, Special Constables and Volunteers will also be captured within the phase 1 prioritisation as will any personnel involved in direct patient care, such as driving ambulances.

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