COVID-19 Vaccination Phased Vaccination Strategy for Groups

Midwest Allergy Sinus Asthma, SC

COVID-19 Vaccination Phased Vaccination Strategy for Groups
By Dareen Siri, MD (February 2021)
The following recommendations have been made to States by the CDC ACIP working group.

The strategy for COVID-19 vaccination is to prioritize the vaccine administration to different groups based on both risk of mortality and morbidity (death and bad outcomes), as well as risk of contracting COVID-19.

Each State and local public health authority will determine which recommendations to implement during their distribution of the vaccines.

This phased public health strategy for vaccination is only necessary while the COVID-19 vaccines are limited in availability. It is anticipated that once large scale manufacturing and access to more vaccines exist, that the phased strategy may no longer be needed. (An example is the wide availability of the season Influenza vaccination each year).

Phase	Prioritized Group for Vaccination (Recommendation)	Estimated Population
1a	Health care personnel	21 million
1a	Long-term care residents	3 million
1b	Individuals age 75 years or older	19 million
1b	Frontline essential workers: First response (firefighters, police) Education (teachers, support staff, daycare) Food and agriculture Manufacturing Corrections United States Postal Service Public transit Grocery stores	30 million
1c	Individuals age 65 to 74 years	28 million
	Individuals age 16 to 64 years with high-risk conditions	81 million
	Other essential workers in the following fields: Transportation and logistics Food service Shelter and housing (construction) Finance IT and communication Energy Media Legal Public safety (engineers) Water and wastewater	20 million
2	Individuals age 16 to 64 years	<86 million

From the ACIP COVID-19 Vaccine Working Group. Phased Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccines.