Coronavirus: Vaccination

(asked on 19th February 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the evidence from Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation that supports the change in guidance on covid-19 vaccination priority for people suffering with asthma.


Answered by
Nadhim Zahawi Portrait
Nadhim Zahawi
This question was answered on 1st March 2021

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has not altered its advice on vaccination of those with asthma, which is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/priority-groups-for-coronavirus-covid-19-vaccination-advice-from-the-jcvi-30-december-2020

Phase one includes an offer of vaccine in those 50 years of age and over and those 16 years of age and over who are considered clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) or in a COVID-19 clinical risk group. Those with severe asthma and considered CEV should be offered vaccine in priority group four, those with asthma that requires continuous or repeated use of systemic steroids or with previous exacerbations requiring hospital admission and who are not considered CEV should be offered vaccine in priority group six.

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