Coronavirus: Vitamin D

(asked on 21st January 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the potential merits of the use of Vitamin D as a protection against covid-19 and (b) the steps that can be taken to increase the public promotion of Vitamin D’s merits for maintaining the immune system.


Answered by
Maggie Throup Portrait
Maggie Throup
This question was answered on 27th January 2022

Public Health England, the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published a rapid guideline on vitamin D and COVID-19 in December 2020.

The guideline concluded that there was not enough evidence to support taking vitamin D solely to prevent or treat COVID-19 and reiterated existing Government advice for everyone to take a daily 10 microgram supplement of vitamin D throughout Autumn and Winter for bone and muscle health.

The Government continues to actively promote these recommendations through a range of platforms, including the NHS.UK website, social media and campaigns such as Better Health.

NICE and SACN continue to monitor evidence in this area.

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