Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation

A vaccination programme for RSV is set to begin next month. (Picture: Michael Gillen, National World)

Older adults urged to look out for invitation for RSV vaccine

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

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COVID 19, CORONA VIRUS - NEW COVID 19 VACCINATION CENTRE OPENS AT PYRAMIDS CENTRE, BATHGATE

COVID in Fife: Children aged 5-11 get invites for vaccination appointments

Thousands more teenagers in Fife received two doses of the coronavirus vaccine last month

COVID in Fife: Thousands more teenagers get double jabbed with vaccine

More than two in five teenagers in Fife have had two Covid-19 vaccinations latest figures reveal. Pic: Michael Gillen.

Covid in Fife: More than two in five teens double jabbed in Kingdom

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

How Covid vaccinations could be used to stop UK school disruption

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’

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Fears in Fife hundreds of residents misusing lateral flow tests

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

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

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Fife set to roll out COVID vaccines for 12-15 year olds

Moderna found its Covid vaccine can wane in protection over time (Photo: Shutterstock)

Moderna backs Covid boosters after warning jab protection fades

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 Claire Schofield

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...

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Vaccine landmark: Fife records 500,000 jags across the Kingdom

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

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?

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...

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 has recorded six coronavirus deaths and 4,234 cases in the past 24 hours, the latest Scottish Government figures show.
Conor Marlborough

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

Phase 2 of the Covid vaccine rollout has been announced - here's who is next to ...

The vaccine rollout will proceed down the age bands of adults (Photo: Getty Images)

Frontline workers and BAME groups won’t be next in line for Covid vaccine - prio...

All adults on GP learning disability register to be prioritised for Covid vaccin...

This is when everyone in the UK should be vaccinated - according to government’s...

Only people with severe asthma will be prioritised for the Covid-19 vaccine (Photo: Shutterstock)

Only severe asthma sufferers to be prioritised for Covid vaccine - how to tell i...

Covid vaccine rollout proving effective as deaths of vulnerable drop - and hospital admissions fall by 60%
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Covid vaccine rollout proving effective as deaths of vulnerable drop - and hospi...

Key workers will get first priority for Covid vaccine after over-50s - including teachers and police (Photo by Andrew Milligan - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Key workers will get first priority for Covid vaccine after over-50s - including...

Early signs from data show promising results (Photo: Getty Images)

UK strategy to delay second Covid jab was ‘right decision’ - what early signs su...

Sir Simon spoke of the prospect of a “much more normal future” (Photo: Getty Images)

Covid-19 could become ‘much more treatable’ in next 6 to 18 months - according t...

People aged 70-79 in Fife and the Lothians will start receiving the vaccine on Monday Scottish Government announce

Vaccine roll out for people aged 70-79 will start on Monday

This is when over-70s will be offered the Covid vaccine in Scotland

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First COVID vaccines completed in all 76 Fife care homes

This is how long you have to wait between the first and second dose of the Covid...

This is who will receive the Oxford vaccine first - and how it works

The new Pfzier/BioNTech vaccine.

Vaccine programme starts in Fife care homes

These are the groups of people who can’t have the Pfizer Covid vaccine

Senior nurse Marie Paterson is the first person in Fife to be given the Covid-19 vaccine.

First Fife nurse gets COVID vaccine: 'Must do all we can to protect most vulner...

The first Covid vaccines have been administered - when will I get one?

Most people over 80 won't get Covid jab until next year - here's why

Health Secretary Jeane Freeman addresses MSPs in the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, on the delivery of the coronavirus vaccine.

Scotland's health secretary confirms arrival of first Covid-19 vaccine

Boris Johnson will make a Covid vaccine announcement today - how to watch

This is the Covid vaccine priority list - as the UK prepares to start rollout ne...

Emergency Nightingale hospitals could be turned into vaccination centres

The government has ‘not decided’ when under 50s will receive the Covid vaccine

The NHS has been told to prepare for mass Covid vaccinations from 1 December

New vaccination programme begins

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