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Table 1 Priority groups for vaccination

From: Describing the population experiencing COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough following second vaccination in England: a cohort study from OpenSAFELY

JCVI risk group

Priority group

Description

Name

1

Residents in a care home for older adults, aged 65+

Care home

2

All those 80 years of age and over

80+

Health and social care workers

Health/care workers

3

All those 70 years of age and over

70–79

4

Clinically extremely vulnerable individuals

CEV

5, 7, 8, 9

All those 50 years of age and over

50-69

6

“At Risk” individuals, some misclassified health/care workers and care home residents (except those age 70+ or shielding who will be included in another group), carers, household contacts of those at increased risk, and those not in priority groups who had the vaccine opportunistically, e.g. by responding to calls to use up excess doses.

Others not in the above groups