Priority list for Covid vaccination has been updated

Brits classed as obese will have access to the Covid vaccination ahead those over-60s, new guidelines reveal.

Official advice states morbidly obese adults alongside a longer list of ‘at risk’ individuals, should be prioritised for the vaccination ahead of those aged under-65 when it becomes available in the next few weeks.

Who will get first Covid vaccines?

Subject to confirmation from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation.

1. 1. Care home residents and staff
   2. All those over 80 and health and social care workers
   3. All those 75 years of age or over
   4. All those 70 years of age or over plus clinically extremely vulnerable individuals (not including pregnant women and those under 18)
   5. All those 65 years of age or over
   6. Adults aged 18 to 65 in an at-risk group
   7. All those 60 years of age and over
   8. All those 55 years of age and over
   9. All those 50 years of age and over

Which groups are classed as ‘at risk’?

1. 1. • chronic respiratory disease like severe asthma, COPD and cystic fibrosis
      • chronic heart disease and vascular disease
      • chronic kidney disease
      • chronic liver disease
      • chronic neurological disease like cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s, dementia, motor neurone disease
      • type 1 diabetes
      • type 2 diabetes requiring insulin or oral medication, diet-controlled diabetes
      • immunosuppression – those undergoing chemo, transplant patients, people taking certain drugs that suppress the immune system
      • asplenia or dysfunction of the spleen
      • morbid obesity – those with a body mass index of over 40
      • severe mental illness
      • adult carers
      • close relatives or carers of immunocompromised adults
      • younger adults in long-stay nursing homes and residential care settings