Coronavirus: Vaccination
Commons · Question 3147 · Tabled 30 Aug 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 6 Sep 2024
Question
Asked by Charlotte Nichols
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will allow contacts of people with immunosuppression to be eligible for the covid-19 vaccination programme in autumn 2024.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 6 Sep 2024
The primary aim of the autumn 2024 COVID-19 vaccination programme remains the prevention of severe illness, hospitalisations, and deaths, arising from COVID-19. On 2 August 2024 the Government accepted the advice of the independent Joint Committee on Vacc...