Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation

People are being urged to take up the offer of a free Covid jab while they still have the chance (Photo: Getty Images)

Final calls from NHS for people to have Covid booster jab Patrick Hollis

All over-50s will be offered boosters

Covid boosters for all over-50s amid soaring infections Alan Young

In this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention handout graphic, from 2003, symptoms of one of the first known cases of the monkeypox virus are shown on a patient's hand Pic: CDC/Getty Images

Monkeypox: Number of Scots infected rises to 40 Lauren Gilmour

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NHS Lothian urges those eligible to have Covid booster Kevin Quinn

Experts have urged pregnant women to take up the offer of a vaccine.

Half of women who gave birth in January not fully vaccinated Elsa Maishman

Nicola Sturgeon MSP arrives to update MSPs on changes to the Covid restrictions at the Scottish Parliament.
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Vaccine jags for five to 11-year-olds in Scotland from mid March Katrine Bussey

A fourth dose is to be offered

Coronavirus Older Scots and the most vulnerable to receive Spring Covid booster Katrine Bussey

Coronavirus vaccines have saved the lives of almost 30,000 Scots, a senior Government adviser said as he urged parents to get their children vaccinated.

Expert urges parents to get children jabbed Katrine Bussey

The JCVI recommended vaccinating vulnerable children in December (Photo: Getty Images)

How Covid vaccinations could be used to stop UK school disruption Claire Schofield

Members of the public queue for vaccinations on a vaccination bus at West College Scotland Clydebank Campus on December 17, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

How is the Covid booster vaccine programme going? Elsa Maishman

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Vulnerable Scots may get fourth Covid vaccine in spring or summer Elsa Maishman

(FILES) This file photo taken on December 17, 2021 shows a child receiving a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19, in Paris. - The vaccination of children aged 5 to 11 is officially open, French Health Minister Olivier Veran announced on December 22, 2021, although he said the booster dose had not been extended to teenagers "for the moment". (Photo by GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT / AFP) (Photo by GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP via Getty Images)

Pfizer vaccine approved for use on children aged five to 11 Nina Massey

The Moderna booster jab increases antibodies against Omicron 37-fold (Photo: Getty Images)

Moderna booster jab increases antibodies against Omicron 37-fold Claire Schofield

Pregnant women should be given priority for the Covid vaccine (Photo: Getty Images)

Pregnant women given priority for Covid jabs due to ‘high risk’ Claire Schofield

NHS Lothian hopes to complete booster jags by the end of January

Lothian hopes to complete booster jags by end of January Ian Swanson

Giving all adults in Scotland a Covid booster jag by the end of January is “hopefully achievable” but will not be easy, a public health expert has warned.

Coronavirus Boosters for all adults by the end of January won’t be easy, expert warns Katrine Bussey

Health Secretary Humza Yousaf has announced that there are three more cases of the Omicron variant identified in Scotland

Three more cases of Omicron variant identified in Scotland Hannah Brown

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How Scotland is scrambling to shore up defences against new Covid variant Elsa Maishman

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Omicron: All adults to be offered booster Covid vaccine Elsa Maishman

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New Covid variant: Booster vaccine may be offered to all adults, says expert Elsa Maishman

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Lothian’s vaccination delivery gets another boost Kevin Quinn

The Scottish Conservatives have called for mass vaccination centres to be reopened.

Call for mass vaccination centres to be reopened Jane Bradley

Over-40s to be offered Covid booster jab as vaccination programme extended Helen Johnson

Health Secretary Sajid Javid has said children will get the final say on Covid vaccinations if a disagreement arises between them and their parents (Photo: Shutterstock)

Children will get final say on Covid vaccination if they disagree with parents, ... Helen Johnson

Parents of children aged 12 to 15 will be asked to give their consent if the jabs are approved for this age group (Photo: Getty Images)

Children aged 12 to 15 will need parental consent to get Covid jab Claire Schofield

Ministers have put the mass booster programme on hold to prioritise those with serious illnesses (Photo: Getty Images)

Full list of people eligible for a third Covid vaccine dose Claire Schofield

People urged to get second Covid jab amid fears millions missed out Chelsea Rocks

The vaccine doses will be delivered in the second half of next year (Photo: Getty Images)

Read This UK secures 35m more Pfizer vaccine doses to ‘future-proof’ country from Claire Schofield

The booster programme is still awaiting recommendation from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) (Photo: Getty Images)

Sajid Javid ‘confident’ Covid boosters can start from September despite no offic... Claire Schofield

The Moderna Covid-19 vaccine has been given approval for use in children aged 12 to 17 (Photo: Getty Images)

Moderna Covid vaccine given green light for 12 to 17 year-olds in UK Claire Schofield

the MHRA said there is no link between vaccines and stillbirth or miscarriage. (Photo: Shutterstock)

MHRA finds no evidence that Covid vaccines raise miscarriage risk Sarah Wilson

Covid Scotland: Almost 1,500 new cases of coronavirus reported from across the country

Almost 1,500 new cases of coronavirus reported from across the country Rachel Mackie

Sajid Javid said the jabs will start to be offered in September (Photo: Getty Images)

Covid booster jabs will rollout to priority groups next month - who is eligible? Claire Schofield

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All 16 and 17 year olds to be offered vaccine with rollout starting from Friday Elsa Maishman

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Covid jags for 16 and 17-year-olds 'to be approved' Elsa Maishman

Should teenagers be vaccinated?

‘Reckless’ to let Covid-19 spread through young people, says Sturgeon adviser Conor Matchett

The first dose alone provides 88 per cent protection against hospital admissions (Photo: Getty Images)

Single AstraZeneca dose prevents 70% of Covid cases - and protects against varia... Claire Schofield

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Most vulnerable children only to be given Covid vaccine Elsa Maishman

The gap between vaccine doses will be reduced to eight weeks (Photo: Getty Images)

Thousands urged to bring second Covid vaccine appointment forward ahead of lockd... Claire Schofield

A new record number of coronavirus cases have been identified in Scotland.

Six new Covid deaths as record-high daily cases surge past 4,000 Conor Marlborough

Scotland's national clinical director Jason Leitch.

Scots could get flu jag and Covid vaccine on same day, says Professor Leitch Katharine Hay

The Scottish Government has confirmed that around 8,000 appointments for second doses of a coronavirus vaccine in Scotland have been issued too early due to a system fault.

8,000 second dose vaccine appointments scheduled too early in Scotland Conor Riordan

Covid-19 vaccines being prepared.

Under 40s to be given alternative to AstraZeneca vaccine Elsa Maishman