Covid-19 vaccination plans

Covid-19 vaccination plans

Europe

 * 2 Dec 2020, ECDC, Overview of covid-19 vaccination strategies and vaccine deployment plans in the EU/EEA and the UK
 * 22 Dec 2020,ECDC, covid-19 vaccination and prioritisation strategies in the EU/EEA

Belgium

 * 8 Jan 2021, RTBF, Vaccination en Belgique: pour qui, quand et où?
 * AVIQ.be, Vaccination contre la covid-19, Une vaccination phasée, des publics priorisés
 * info-coronavirus.be, vaccination

France

 * Service-public.fr, Vaccination contre le Covid-19 : quel calendrier ?

Spain

 * SpainInEnglish.com, 27 Nov 2020: Spain’s Health Ministry divides the population into 15 groups for vaccination

UK
Vaccines are being given to the most vulnerable first, as set out in a list of nine high-priority groups, covering around 30 million people in the UK :
 * 1) residents in a care home for older adults and their carers
 * 2) all those 80 years of age and over and frontline health and social care workers
 * 3) all those 75 years of age and over
 * 4) all those 70 years of age and over and clinically extremely vulnerable individuals
 * 5) all those 65 years of age and over
 * 6) all individuals aged 16 years to 64 years with underlying health conditions which put them at higher risk of serious disease and mortality
 * 7) all those 60 years of age and over
 * 8) all those 55 years of age and over
 * 9) all those 50 years of age and over


 * 30 Dec 2020,Gov.uk, Priority groups for coronavirus (covid-19) vaccination: advice from the JCVI
 * 2 Dec 2020,Independent report Priority groups for coronavirus (covid-19) vaccination: advice from the JCVI

US

 * Because the supply of covid-19 vaccine in the United States is expected to be limited at first, CDC is providing recommendations with these goals in mind :
 * Decrease death and serious disease as much as possible.
 * Preserve functioning of society.
 * Reduce the extra burden covid-19 is having on people already facing disparities.


 * Phase 1a
 * healthcare personnel
 * long-term care facility residents
 * Phase 1b
 * Frontline essential workers
 * People aged 75 years and older
 * Phase 1c
 * People aged 65—74 years
 * People aged 16—64 years with underlying medical conditions
 * Other essential workers

News

 * 06 Sep 2021, Economist.com, America has remained unusually vaccine sceptical, Only Russians are more likely to express reservations about the covid-19 jab.
 * 31 Aug 2021, Politico.er, EU hits target of fully vaccinating 70 percent of adults, The initial expectation was that this goal would be reached in late September.There are also discrepancies between EU countries. Bulgaria and Romania are lagging far behind, having around 20 percent and 32 percent of adults fully vaccinated, respectively.
 * 09 Aug 2021, Politico.eu, Decision to vaccinate children rests on ethics rather than science, Tricky risk-benefit calculations are being made — with countries coming to different conclusions.In the U.K., for example, Ferguson sees the official advice as clearly emphasizing the individual risk, in particular the very small risk of heart inflammation after vaccination. Elsewhere, such as in France and Belgium, the explanation for allowing everyone aged 12 and over to choose to be vaccinated rests on the desire to reduce overall infections in the community, even more critical in the face of more infectious variants such as Delta.William Schaffner, a professor of infectious diseases at the U.S.’s Vanderbilt University Medical Center, emphasized that while the risk of severe Covid is low in teens, it’s not zero. Around 400 children have died from coronavirus in the U.S. “That's a lot of children who could be living today had we been able to vaccinate them … So we're protecting individuals, as well as the community. 
 * 27 Jul 2021, Politico.eu, EU vaccinates 70 percent of adults with one shot, The ‘figures put Europe among the world leaders,’ Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.
 * 06 Apr 2021, (fr) 7sur7.be, Aucun État membre n’a atteint l’objectif de vaccination européen, l’immunité collective espérée cet été, Aucun des Vingt-Sept n'avait atteint fin mars l'objectif de vacciner 80% des personnes de plus de 80 ans, mais l'accélération des livraisons de vaccins permettra à l'UE d'atteindre "l'immunité collective" face à la Covid-19 cet été, a estimé mardi la Commission européenne.
 * 06 Apr 2021, Politico.eu, Europe’s vaccination program is a success story, No really. Just look at the numbers. The EU’s vaccination strategy is starting to succeed, so start talking like it is. Only, not too enthusiastically please. There’s no time like the present to start under-promising and over-delivering.

External

 * CDC, 8 things to know about the US covid-19 vaccination program, published on 22 Dec 2020