A key panel within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends a phased approach to allocating the coronavirus vaccine to the public.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which is made up of medical and public health experts, said the first phase should comprise the groups of people who are most vulnerable to infection, broken into three subgroups:

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