Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk presented to UK citizens by low vaccine rates in low income countries.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has not made a specific assessment of the overall risk presented by low vaccine rates in low-income countries. However, the UKHSA produces regular assessments of the risk presented to the United Kingdom by travellers from other countries and nations. Assessment of vaccination coverage in low income countries forms part of these individual country risk assessments, including the risk/threat to public health in the UK. These risk assessments are used by Ministers to decide on border security measures, such as ‘red listing’.