Teachers, bus drivers and the military could be next in line for a Covid-19 jab once the highest risk groups have been vaccinated, a new report suggests.

Vaccine experts advising the Government have published a detailed list of who should get offered the Covid-19 jab as a priority.

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) said care home residents were among those who should be given the jab first.

Covid-19 vaccine: order of priority(PA Graphics)

The committee examined data on who suffers the worst outcomes from coronavirus and who is at highest risk of death.

It published interim guidance earlier in the year but this has now been amended slightly detailing who should be first in “phase one” of the mass vaccination programme which includes the elderly and those at highest risk of disease.

Once this phase is complete the JCVI has suggested that those who are at increased risk of Covid-19 because of their work could be offered the vaccine next.

JVCI experts have said that they have not yet offered official advice about future phases of the roll out.

But a new document published by the advisory body states: “Vaccination of those at increased risk of exposure to Sars-CoV-2 due to their occupation could also be a priority in the next phase.

“This could include first responders, the military, those involved in the justice system, teachers, transport workers and public servants essential to the pandemic response.”

In the new “phase one” guidance, those who are deemed to be “clinically extremely vulnerable” have moved higher up the priority list.

The priority list for “phase one” of the Covid-19 vaccination programme is:

– Residents in a care home for older adults and their carers

– All those 80 years of age and over and frontline health and social care workers

– All those 75 years of age and over

– All those 70 years of age and over and people deemed to be clinically extremely vulnerable

– All those 65 years of age and over

– All individuals aged 16 years to 64 years with underlying health conditions which put them at higher risk of serious disease and mortality

– All those 60 years of age and over

– All those 55 years of age and over

– All those 50 years of age and over.

How the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine works(PA Graphics)

The JCVI guidance states that the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine “appears to be safe and well-tolerated and there were no clinically concerning safety observations”.

The document sets out why officials have come to the conclusions they have for the priority list.

It also states that the JVCI has taken a “precautionary” approach in advising that pregnant women should not get the vaccine because there is “no data as yet on the safety of Covid-19 vaccines in pregnancy”.

The guidance adds: “Women should be advised not to come forward for vaccination if they may be pregnant or are planning a pregnancy within three months of the first dose.”

Meanwhile only very specific high-risk children should be offered the vaccine, the document adds.

“Following infection, almost all children will have asymptomatic infection or mild disease,” it said.

“There are very limited data on vaccination in adolescents, with no data on vaccination in younger children, at this time.

“The Committee advises that only those children at very high risk of exposure and serious outcomes, such as older children with severe neuro-disabilities that require residential care, should be offered vaccination.”