"An early piece of advice we'd like is about what types of considerations feed into the decision about vaccine coverage targets, and whether they're helpful at all.”
The group will be asked to consider whether there needs to be specific targets for coverage across the country’s regions, or ethnic and age groups, before the border can open. The Government has so far been reluctant to put a figure on how much of the population it wants to be vaccinated.
The experts will also be asked to provide a view on models of the virus’ potential spread, report on the international evidence on how effective the vaccines were at blocking transmission of the virus, and advise on the risk to the non-immunised population.