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

All over-50s will be offered boosters

Covid boosters for all over-50s amid soaring infections

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

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NHS Lothian urges those eligible to have Covid booster

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

Half of women who gave birth in January not fully vaccinated

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

A fourth dose is to be offered

Older Scots and the most vulnerable to receive Spring Covid booster

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

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

How Covid vaccinations could be used to stop UK school disruption

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?

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Vulnerable Scots may get fourth Covid vaccine in spring or summer

(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

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

Moderna booster jab increases antibodies against Omicron 37-fold

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

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

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

Lothian hopes to complete booster jags by end of January

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.

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

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

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Omicron: All adults to be offered booster Covid vaccine

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

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Lothian’s vaccination delivery gets another boost

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

Call for mass vaccination centres to be reopened

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

Health officials have announced that the Covid-19 vaccine booster will be offered to healthy 40 to 49-year-olds.

Covid Scotland: vaccine booster will be offered to over-40s

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Who is eligible for a booster vaccine and is the scheme on track?

The six month wait before the booster dose could be reduced to five (Photo: Getty Images)

Wait before booster jabs could be cut to 5 months to speed up rollout

Younger teenagers can now receive the vaccine

Covid vaccine appointments sent to 12 to 15-year-olds from Monday
Appointment letters inviting children aged between 12 and 15 for a coronavirus vaccine will be dropping through letterboxes this week.
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Moderna found its Covid vaccine can wane in protection over time (Photo: Shutterstock)

Moderna backs Covid boosters after warning jab protection fades

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Covid vaccines to be offered to 12-15 year olds

The scientist behind the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine has said giving booster jabs to everyone is unnecessary, and instead calls for doses to be sent to countries in need (Photo: Shutterstock)

Covid booster jabs not needed for everyone, says Oxford vaccine creator

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, ...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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?

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

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

Should teenagers be vaccinated?

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

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...

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Most vulnerable children only to be given Covid vaccine

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...

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

Scotland's national clinical director Jason Leitch.

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

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

Covid-19 vaccines being prepared.

Under 40s to be given alternative to AstraZeneca vaccine

Pregnant women should be offered a Covid-19 jab, according to new official advice.

Pregnant women to be offered Covid vaccine

A woman wearing a protective face mask walks past a shop selling masks in Edinburgh city centre

Masks and social distancing 'could last years', leading expert warns

Over-50s should receive Covid vaccine ‘within the next few weeks’ - the rollout timeline explained (Photo: Shutterstock)

Over-50s should receive Covid vaccine ‘within the next few weeks’ - the rollout ...

Homeless people and rough sleepers will now be included in Group 6 (Photo: Getty Images)

Homeless people to be moved up priority list for Covid vaccine into Group 6

Jeane Freeman has defended vaccinating by age instead of prioritising key workers like police or teachers.

Jeane Freeman defends vaccinating by age instead of prioritising key workers