Excluding NHS staff from Covid vaccination ‘irresponsible and shortsighted’ doctors warn

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By Emma Wilkinson

Doctors’ Association UK has said the decision to no longer offer Covid vaccines to healthcare workers is “irresponsible and extremely shortsighted”.

In a statement they said not vaccinating frontline NHS staff against Covid would lead to increased staff sickness and put healthcare workers at risk of acute and long Covid.