Question reference: S5W-34367
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 8 January 2021
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Current status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 22 February 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will treat school staff as a priority group to receive a COVID-19 vaccination.
Answer
We want to get vaccines to everyone as quickly as we can and we hope to reach all the key groups soon.
The JCVI’s advice is focussed on preventing severe illness and loss of life, first and foremost and this is why it focusses on older people and health and social care workers. The JCVI priority groups are based on either vulnerability to COVID-19, or on interacting with (and therefore possibly spreading to) people who are vulnerable to COVID-19.