One care home resident will be saved for every 20 people vaccinated, new data shows
Fewer than two million doses are required to vaccinate care home residents and carers, yet the group accounts for one third of deaths
14 December 2020 • 1:53pm
Annie Innes, 90, becomes the first British care home resident to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine on December 14
Credit: RUSSELL CHEYNE/REUTERS
One care home resident could be saved for every 20 vaccinated, new research suggests.
A report from the Covid-19 Actuaries Response Group suggests that the Government was right to prioritise vulnerable people in care homes and the over-80s because they have made up two thirds of deaths so far.