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COVID-19: the green book, chapter 14a

Public Health England (PHE) include mortuary staff as frontline healthcare staff



Recommendations by staff groups
The objective of occupational immunisation of health and social care staff is to protect workers at high risk of exposure who provide care to vulnerable individuals.

Although there is yet no evidence on whether vaccination leads to a reduction in transmission, a small effect may have major additional benefit for staff who could expose multiple vulnerable patients and other staff members

Full document (page 11 notes "mortuary staff" as frontline healthcare staff)

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