Covid Scotland: Booster shifts and vaccinations for 12-15 seconds next week in Scotland

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A single dose will also be offered to all children aged 12 to 15 starting next week, in a “significant and very welcome” extension of the vaccination program announced by Nicola Sturgeon on Tuesday.

The first nine groups of vaccines will be eligible for a booster dose, including those over 50, frontline health and social care workers, and all people over 16 with an underlying health condition.

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Nursing home residents will be given their flu shots and Covid boosters starting next week, while health and social care workers on the front lines will be able to book their third dose from Monday.

Vaccine program expansion announced

Vaccination centers for children aged 12 to 15 will also open from Monday, with invitation letters sent out the following week.

Shortly thereafter, all people over the age of 70 and over the age of 16 who are most at risk of contracting Covid will be contacted by letter or through their GP.

The remaining groups eligible for a payment will be able to book from October.

Reinforcement spells will not be given no later than six months after the second dose.

John Elphinstone, 91, receives the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, administered by practice nurse Marian Stewart, at Pentlands Medical Center in Edinburgh.

Most will be from Pfizer, regardless of what type of vaccine a person gets as their first two doses.

A half dose of Moderna will also be used as a substitute, regardless of which vaccine was previously received.

The AstraZeneca vaccine is also approved as a booster, but JCVI said it chose Pfizer and Moderna as a preference because they are mRNA vaccines.

Professor Wei Shen Lim from JCVI said the recommendation was based on clinical trial data, including the Cov-Boost study in the UK.

He said Gage Pfizer is “well tolerated and has a good effect.”

Professor Lim added that it is safe to give both the flu vaccine and the Covid-19 vaccine to people at the same time.

But contrary to previous interim advice, Covid boosters will not be offered to those at higher risk of contracting influenza but not Covid-19.

As with older children, people ages 12 to 15 will be offered a single dose of the Pfizer vaccine.

The prime minister said parents or caregivers would be invited to accompany the children to their appointment, with the opportunity to ask questions and discuss concerns.

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has supported the planned launch for those under 16 years of age.

“We believe that vaccination can benefit healthy children, regardless of any direct health benefit, in enabling them to reduce school dropouts, allowing them to mingle more freely with their friends, to provide more protection for healthy friends and family members,” the college said in a statement. Statement: “They may be at risk from the virus, and to help reduce the anxiety some children feel about Covid-19.”

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Health Minister Hamzah Yousef said: “I am aware of the impact that disrupting education can have, and I am keen to do everything in our power to reduce it, so I am happy to accept the recommendation to move forward.”

After the pop-up sessions in the community, anyone in this age group will be offered one at school who has not yet received a dose of the vaccine.

Ms Sturgeon told public services experts on Tuesday: “I know these are important decisions for young people and their parents, and that many have questions.

“I would encourage everyone to read the information that will be provided, and feel free to visit your nearest clinic to ask any questions or raise any concerns.

“Vaccination is a vital part of comprehensive protection against this virus. That is why it is important to support people – especially young people – to make informed choices that they feel comfortable with.”

She added: “In addition to CMO advice for children aged 12-15, today we received JCVI’s final advice on a vaccine booster programme.

This is in addition to the third doses already given to people who are severely immunocompromised or immunocompromised at the time of the first or second vaccination.

I can confirm that the Scottish Government accepts this advice as well.

“The enhanced program aims to extend the protection provided by vaccines against severe COVID-19.

“It will run in tandem with the largest ever influenza vaccination program – as both programs are important to individual and public health.

“Where possible, influenza Covid-19 vaccines will be offered to eligible persons together.”

Scottish Conservative Party leader Douglas Ross said booster and teenage vaccination programs have “the potential to be a game-changer in stopping the spread of Covid this winter”.

He called for the establishment of mobile vaccination units in each school “to encourage uptake, especially in areas where vaccination rates are low”.

Labor leader Anas Sarwar has called on the government to ensure that all teenagers wanting to be vaccinated have a dose by the start of the October school holiday.

The Scottish Greens have said Scotland should play a “catch-up” role for adolescent vaccinations.

Health spokeswoman Jillian Mackay said: “Millions of children around the world have already been vaccinated, and the UK lags far behind other countries in outreach to young people.

“It is important that young people and their parents have complete confidence in the vaccine and are encouraged to take it.”

Sturgeon announced the changes to the vaccination campaign as she said that Covid cases in Scotland, while still at a high level, were “starting to decline slightly”.

There were 3,375 positive cases reported on Monday, while the number of people hospitalized with the virus rose by 16 to 1,064, with 89 people in intensive care.

Twenty-one new deaths have been reported among people confirmed to have Covid in the past 28 days – bringing the total under this measure to 8,263.

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