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At least 90,000 Covid vaccines have been wasted in the last four months. Image: Jane Barlow/Getty Images.

90,000 Covid vaccines 'wasted' in Scotland in just four months

NHS nurses are among the groups struggling to afford to eat (image: Getty Images)

Covid vaccine now offered to young clinically vulnerable children

Devi Sridhar, Professor and chair of Global Public Health at The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh 20th July 2020

Devi Sridhar: Separate JCVI could be better for Scotland

John Swinney has said that the Scottish Government will act ‘very swiftly’ when JCVI advice is published next week as he denied that Scotland is becoming an ‘outlier’ in the easing of Covid restrictions.

Swinney denies Scotland is an 'outlier' with Covid restriction easing

Covid Scotland: Linda Bauld urges pregnant people or those trying for a baby to take vaccine

Prof Linda Bauld urges pregnant people or those trying to get the vaccine

Children aged five to 11 are to be offered the Covid-19 vaccine (Photo: Getty Images)

Children to be offered Covid vaccine as JCVI issues new advice

National Clinical Director Jason Leitch.

Scotland's clinical director Jason Leitch becomes a vaccinator

A nurse prepares a coronavirus vaccine.

Patients turned away from booster jag appointments amid rule confusion

Health Secretary Sajid Javid announced an expansion to the booster campaign on Monday

Sajid Javid warns 'we expect cases to rise'

Millions more people in the UK could be offered Covid booster jabs as advisers consider extending them to all adults under emergency measures (Photo: TED ALJIBE/AFP via Getty Images)

JCVI expected to give advice on expanding Covid boosters to all adults

Covid Scotland: 17 more deaths and 2,771 new cases in last 24 hours

Here are the latest coronavirus figures in Scotland

People aged over 50 who did not receive their second Covid vaccination until the summer, like the First Minister, pictured above, may have to wait until the new year to receive their flu jag.

Over-50s may not receive flu jag until January due to dual vaccination roll-out

How to book your Covid booster jab in the UK - and who is eligible to get one

The latest Scottish Government coronavirus figures reveal that 30 people who have tested positive for covid have died in the past 24 hours (Photo by THOMAS COEX/AFP via Getty Images).

30 new deaths and 4,917 new cases of covid in the past 24 hours

Nicola Sturgeon addresses the Scottish Parliament.

Live Nicola Sturgeon Covid Scotland update: RECAP

School pupils ages 12 to 15 are likely to be eligible for the coronavirus vaccine following advice from the Chief Medical Officers.

Coronavirus vaccine should be given to 12 to 15-year-olds say health chiefs

A nurse prepares a dose of Covid-19 vaccine (Picture: Nick Potts/PA)

Chief Medical Officers deserve trust over Covid vaccine for kids – Harry Burns

Teenager Eve Thomson receives a Covid-19 vaccination in Barrhead, Scotland (Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Government may still offer Covid-19 vaccines to healthy 12 to 15-year olds, desp...

Pupils arrive at Kelso High School in the Scottish Borders. Picture: PA

Vaccination of all children aged 12 to 15 not recommended by government advisers

Latest covid figures in Scotland (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images).

New record high daily covid cases in Scotland

Vaccinator Suzanne Pozzo gives a vaccine to Omar Khalifa in a pop up tent at a drop in clinic outside Stenhousemuir Football Ground. Picture date: Tuesday August 3, 2021.

'Concerning' high case numbers may put school return at risk, says expert

A member of the public receives the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in the Turbine Hall at a temporary Covid-19 vaccine centre at the Tate Modern in central London (Photo: TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Vaccines could be offered to 16 and 17-year-olds as JCVI guidance set to be upda...

More than 30m people to receive booster Covid jabs starting next month (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

More than 30m people to receive booster Covid jabs, starting next month

The JCVI's current advice around the jab and teenagers is for it to only be given to those with an underlying health condition.

Nicola Sturgeon not ruling out extending jab to teens against JCVI advice

Photo by Russell Cheyne - WPA Pool/Getty Images

Covid Scotland: Labour renews call to shorten vaccine dose gap after study point...

The JCVI are being written to around vaccinations for children aged 12 to 17. Picture: David Cheskin/PA Wire

Chief Medical Officer will urge JCVI to consider vaccines for all teenagers

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is set to give a coronavirus update on Tuesday.

Live Nicola Sturgeon RECAP: Covid briefing updates

Vaccination Nurse Lorraine Mooney gives a vaccination to a member of the public outside a vaccination bus in the car park of Crieff Community Hospital. The bus is being used by the Scottish Ambulance Service as a mobile vaccination centre as the vaccine roll out continues. Picture date: Friday July 2, 2021.

More support needed for vaccine helpline as calls abandoned

A retail worker takes the temperature of a customer entering the Apple Store on Princes Street in Edinburgh on June 29, 2020

What will life beyond level zero look like in Scotland?

First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon arrives to receive her second dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine at the NHS Louisa Jordan vaccine centre in Glasgow, Scotland. Picture date: Monday June 21, 2021.

All over 50s to have two vaccine doses by Sunday, Nicola Sturgeon says

Howard Spode, 60, has been told he will have to wait for a vaccine appointment.

Claim to have hit vaccine target labelled 'tenuous' as 100,000 without jag

All over 50s are now said to have been offered the vaccine

All Scots over 50 offered first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, UK Government says

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon during First Minister's Questions at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, Edinburgh. Picture date: Thursday March 18, 2021.

Vaccine supply to drop by 500,000 doses next month

1.5m people living in Scotland are set to be placed under level two restrictions (Getty Images)

Level 2 rules and restrictions explained

More than half of Scotland's population is set to be placed under tier-three restrictions (Getty Images)

Level 3 rules and restrictions explained

Rough sleepers and people in emergency accommodation will be added to one of the Scottish Government’s vaccination priority groups, Health Secretary Jeane Freeman has announced. (Photo by Andrew Milligan - Pool/Getty Images)

Homeless Scots to be added to vaccination priority group

Patients sit in the observation area after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine from their GP. Picture: PA.

Asthmatic Scots eligible for Covid-19 vaccine being refused jag, charity warns

Paramedic Andrew Parker gives the vaccine to Elizabeth and Sandy Robertson inside a holiday coach outside Culloden Medical Practice near Inverness, Scotland, on 11 February - it is being used by the Scottish Ambulance Service as a mobile coronavirus vaccination centre picture: PA/Andrew Milligan

Coronavirus in Scotland: Third of population vaccinated, says Nicola Sturgeon

Nicola Sturgeon set out the Scottish Government’s route map out of lockdown on 23 February. (Photo: Getty Images)

These are the current level 3 lockdown rules

Scots over 70s and vulnerable groups will all have received the jab within the week

All Scots adults may be vaccinated this Summer says Jeane Freeman

Claims the Oxford vaccine doesn’t work for over-65s are false - here’s where the rumour started (Photo: Shutterstock)

Claims the Oxford vaccine doesn’t work for over-65s are false - here’s where the...

Members of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guard carry out a reconnaissance before setting up a Covid–19 vaccination centre at the Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility in Motherwell, Lanarkhire. Picture date: Monday January 18, 2021. PA Photo. See PA story SCOTLAND Coronavirus Vaccine. Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Covid vaccinations in Scotland: Nicola Sturgeon lays out timeline of Covid vacci...
Nicola Sturgeon has laid out plans and timelines that the Scottish Government aim to achieve in the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccination program.

The delay to the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine is concerning half of Scots.

Half of Scots concerned about 12-week gap between Covid-19 vaccine doses

Teachers could be next in line for Covid vaccines after February - the rumours a...

Covid vaccine manufacturers say second doses should not be delayed - the science...

A member of staff receives the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Abercorn House Care Home in Hamilton.

AstraZeneca vaccine planned for rollout from January 11

What women who are pregnant, breastfeeding or planning for pregnancy need to kno...

Jason Leitch, The national clinical director of Scotland has said Scots could be vaccinated against Covid-19 by Christmas.

Scots could be vaccinated by Christmas, says Prof Jason Leitch

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