Who is on the shielding list? Why 1.7 million new people have been told to stay at home - and rules explained

By Jenna Macfarlane
Published 17th Feb 2021, 10:31 BST
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The Covid shielding list has been extended with more people to receive a letter

Millions more vulnerable people have been added to the shielding list for protection from Covid-19.

The UK Government has instructed 1.7 million extra people to stay at home in England, while 800,000 of those have been bumped up the vaccine priority list.

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The decision came after scientists at Oxford University developed a new model to determine who is most at-risk from the virus.