Table 1.
UK risk groupings for COVID-19 disease on 30th March 2020
| At risk of severe illness | Shielding | |
|---|---|---|
| Aged 70 or older (regardless of medical conditions) | ||
| Aged under 70 anda | ||
| Chronic (long-term) mild to moderate respiratory diseases, such as asthma, COPD, emphysema or bronchitis | People with severe chest conditions such as cystic fibrosis or severe asthma (requiring hospital admissions or courses of steroid tablets) | |
| Chronic heart disease, such as heart failure | ||
| Chronic kidney disease | People with severe diseases of body systems, such as severe kidney disease (dialysis) | |
| Chronic liver disease, such as hepatitis | ||
| Chronic neurological conditions, such as Parkinson’s disease, motor neurone disease, MS, a learning disability or cerebral palsy | ||
| Diabetes | ||
| A weakened immune system as the result of conditions such as HIV and AIDS, or medicines such as steroid tablets | People who have received an organ transplant and remain on ongoing immunosuppression medication | |
| People with cancer who are undergoing active chemotherapy or radiotherapy | ||
| People with cancers of the blood or bone marrow such as leukaemia who are at any stage of treatment | ||
| Being seriously overweight (a BMI of 40 or above) | ||
| Those who are pregnant | ||