Who should get the vaccine first? Lessons from the pandemic

MedicalXpress | 四月 09, 2026

It has been six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, but one question remains relevant: Who should be first in line when vaccines are scarce? When COVID-19 vaccines first became available, supply was limited and governments had to make difficult choices. In most countries, priority was based on medical risk. Older people, health care workers and those with underlying conditions were vaccinated first.