CDC advisers to vote next week on who gets coronavirus vaccine first From CNN’s John Bonifield and Maggie Fox

 4:06 p.m. ET, November 27, 2020

CDC advisers to vote next week on who gets coronavirus vaccine first

From CNN’s John Bonifield and Maggie Fox

A security guard walks on the grounds of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 14. Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg/Getty Images

Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will vote Tuesday on the very first people to get a coronavirus vaccine once one gets emergency authorization.

The CDC’s Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices has scheduled an emergency meeting for Tuesday to discuss allocation of Covid-19 vaccines, according to a document obtained by CNN.

Members of the committee will discuss who should be in the first group, and clinical considerations for the group. Draft recommendations have suggested that health care workers should be in the 1a vaccine allocation group. Other possible members of the group: people most likely to catch, spread and develop severe disease from the virus such as nursing home residents.

The advisers will also discuss how to monitor safety after allocation of the vaccine, according to the document.