Who gets Covid-19 vaccine next?

Who gets Covid-19 vaccine next?

 

On Sunday, vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted to recommend that both older adults, ages 75 and older, and approximately 30 million "frontline essential workers” be next in line to receive the vaccine. They are all considered to be part of Phase 1b of the vaccine allocation process.    The frontline essential workers in Phase 1b include first responders, people in the education sector, those who work in food and agriculture, those in manufacturing, corrections workers, US Postal Service workers, public transit workers and grocery store workers.   Following that group will be Phase 1c, which will include adults ages 65 to 75, people ages 16 to 64 with high-risk medical conditions and "other essential workers."   According to the CDC, there are about 57 million other essential workers that are part of  Phase 1c. They include people in transportation and logistics, food service, construction and shelter and housing, finance, IT and communication, the energy sector, the media, the legal sector, public safety and water and wastewater industries.