Who is on the shielding list and what are the rules for those shielding in the national lockdown?
manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inbox A further 1.7 million people will be told to shield against coronavirus in England. Experts have identified additional adults at serious risk of Covid-19, and will be given higher priority access for vaccines.Letters will be arriving imminently telling people they should be in the shielding group.It comes after scientists have developed a new tool which assesses whether someone is at risk of severe disease or death.Deputy chief medical officer for England, Dr Jenny Harries, said officials will be advising that shielding continues until March 31.The predictive risk model was developed by researchers led by scientists at Oxford University.The tool looks at multiple factors including age, ethnicity, body mass index (BMI),.
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