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Covid Scotland: The latest pandemic updates on Tuesday, July 20
Key Events
- Scotland records 13 Covid deaths and 1,604 positive cases
- Children over 12 at increased risk from Covid to be vaccinated
- Level 0 restrictions in Scotland explained
Children over 12 at increased risk from Covid to be vaccinated
Children in Scotland aged over 12 with certain conditions that put them at increased risk of serious consequences from Covid are to be offered a coronavirus vaccination.
Young people aged 12 years and over who are household contacts of people who are immunosuppressed will also be offered the vaccine.
The Scottish Government announced the decision in line with latest advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) on vaccinating people under 18 years old.
The (JCVI) has ruled out mass vaccination of healthy children for now but has updated its advice to enable 12 to 15-year-olds with specific underlying health conditions to receive the Pfizer vaccination.
This currently includes those with severe neuro-disabilities, Down’s Syndrome, underlying conditions resulting in immunosuppression, and those with profound and multiple learning disabilities, severe learning disabilities or who are on the learning disability register.