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How will I get the coronavirus vaccine?

When you can get a vaccine will mainly depend on your age – with people in care homes and the over-80s at the front of the queue, potentially being vaccinated this month.

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has decided that care home workers and health and social care staff are also a priority, because they could transmit the virus to vulnerable patients.

After these groups, the plan is to offer the vaccine to everyone else based on their age – from the oldest to the youngest by next spring.

You’ll be invited to get a vaccine as soon as it’s your turn, probably by letter or text.

This could be through your GP surgery, a hospital or care home if you work there, or through vaccination hubs which are being set up around the country.