June Raine, chief exec of @MHRAgovuk says Pfizer vaccine will be given to adults over the age of 16. She says "no corners were cut" and decision follows "an extremely thorough and scientifically rigorous review of all the evidence of safety, effectiveness and quality of vaccine"
Vaccine prioritisation order for Pfizer vaccine phase 1. 90-99% of people will be covered 
June Raine: "The public can be absolutely confident that the standards we have worked to are equivalent to those around the world"
Tiers will not feature in decisions on vaccine prioritisation
Document from JCVI setting out vaccine priority strategy. It says "the single greatest risk of mortality from Covid-19 is increasing age" so elderly targeted first assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
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