Here’s who can get coronavirus vaccines next

[Chris Smith]

• The independent panel of experts that decides who gets access to coronavirus vaccines made a few significant changes to the original recommendations.
• The CDC panel advises that people over 74 and certain essential workers should be included in the second phase of vaccinations, after healthcare workers and people living in long-term care facilities.
• The original plan called for all essential workers to get the vaccines in the second stage of immunizations, with all people over 65 to follow.

More than 556,000 people received the first dose of Pfizer's vaccine so far, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Moderna vaccine was just authorized as well, which means even more people will soon have access to these highly-effective drugs. Healthcare workers and residents at long-term care homes are the first groups with access to COVID-19 immunizations. But some changes have been made to the groups of people who will follow.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) announced new recommendations for COVID-19 vaccination prioritization, and they're different from the original guidelines. The panel of independent experts said that essential workers will follow the first groups. Then, people over 65 will have access to vaccines. Those two groups remain a priority for vaccinations, but the panel made a few tweaks and now some other essential employees and people over 74 will be included in the second stage.

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