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BBC News By Rachel Schraer image copyrightGetty Images Prisoners have an elevated risk of dying of Covid and should be prioritised for vaccination, along with prison staff, say researchers from University College London (UCL). The risk is driven both by greater exposure to the virus, and by having generally poorer health to start with. And Covid has meant many prisoners have been living in near-total isolation. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation said its current priority list would prevent 99% of Covid deaths. As the single greatest risk of death from Covid-19 is older age, prioritisation is primarily based on age, Prof Wei Shen Lim, the JCVI s Covid-19 chairman said. ....
The study says that prisons are high-risk environments for infectious disease outbreaks due to overcrowding and inconsistent access to washing facilities. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images People in prisons are at an increased risk of Covid-19, with a death rate more than three times higher than that of the general population, and should be made a vaccine priority, according to public health experts. There were 118 deaths related to Covid-19 among people in prisons in England and Wales between March 2020 and February 2021, representing a risk of dying more than three times higher than that of people of the same age and sex outside secure environments, the research team at University College London (UCL) found. ....