Fife launches 70 centres for COVID vaccines
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The Scottish Government has published a full list of the sites it expects to use as distribution points for the vaccines it has bought from Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Oxford-AstraZeneca.
In Fife, there are two NHS vaccination centres within Queen Margaret Hospital and eleven community vaccine clinics.
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Hide AdA total of 57 local GP practices that will also administer the vaccine to communities.
Fifers are being advised to wait for a letter to arrive from the NHS advising them that they are eligible to get the vaccine. Priority is being given to the over-80s, residents and carers in care homes and frontline health and social care staff.
All Scots over the age of 50, and those between 16-64 with underlying health conditions are also in line to receive the vaccine before the rest of the general population.
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Hide AdLast week Steve Grimmond, chief executive of Fife Council, said preparations for the vaccination roll-out were progressing well.
He told the council's policy and co-ordination committee on Thursday: “Work to accelerate the delivery of the vaccination programme is progressing: infrastructure across Fife for vaccination centres and local delivery are in place.”
The list of community settings includes the following:
Corn Exchange, Cupar
Dunfermline East Church
Dunfermline Athletic Football Club
East Neuk Centre Anstruther
Larick Centre
Lochgelly Centre
Parkgate Centre
Rothes Halls
Randolph Wemyss Memorial Hospital, Buckhaven
St Andrews Community Hospital