Once the government completes its vaccination target of vaccinating people over the age of 50, the decision will then need to be made on how to determine how to prioritise everyone else.
The JCVI has not yet published plans on who should be vaccinated beyond the top nine groups, but has faced calls for certain professions, police officers and teachers, to be prioritised in the next stage.
Appearing at an online event for doctors on Thursday night, Professor Wei Shen Lim, the head of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) said Age should be the dominant factor in the next phase of the coronavirus vaccine rollout.
“Age dominates by a long way, and almost all the underlying health conditions contribute some increased risk, but not a huge amount of increased risk.” he said.
JCVI member Professor Adam Finn appeared to back up that statement when speaking on BBC Breakfast he said: “We’re very focused on the evidence of who’s at the highest risk and at the moment the outstanding factor predicting that is still age.”
It is expected that Prime Minister Boris Johnson will give more detail on the next phase of the vaccine rollout when he delivers his road map out of lockdown on Monday evening.
