Summary

  • The first minister confirms that a vaccination programme for 12 to 15-year-olds will begin next week

  • Nicola Sturgeon tells MSPs: that "drop-in" clinics will be made available from 20 September, and from 27 September formal invite letters will be sent out to that age group

  • Booster jabs for over 50s and younger adults with health conditions will be offered in Scotland

  • Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross's concerns focus on the implementation of the children's vaccination programme; booster vaccinations and the rules around covid passports

  • Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar is critical about vaccinations for 12-15-year-olds not starting straight away

  • There have been 3,375 new cases of Covid-19 and 21 further deaths recorded. The number of positive patients in hospital stands at 1.064

  • Ms Sturgeon tells MSPs there is evidence that cases are starting to "slow slightly"

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  1. Who will get the first booster doses?

    JCVI chairman Prof Wei Shen Lim outlines who will be first in line for the booster jab:

    • Older adults living in residential homes
    • Front-line healthcare and social care workers
    • All adults ages 50 and over
    • All those aged 16 to 49 with underlying health conditions
    • Adult household contacts of immunosupressed individuals

  2. Booster jabs for over-50s recommended

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    About 30 million people in the UK should be offered a booster jab this winter, experts have recommended.

    It includes everyone over the age of 50 as well as healthcare workers and other individuals with underlying health conditions which put them at risk of serious illness, should they catch Covid.

    The JCVI, the UK's advisory body on vaccinations, recommends the booster dose - preferably the Pfizer shot - should be given no sooner than six months after the second dose.

    It can be given at the same time as a flu jab however.

    You can read more about the booster plan here.

  3. Announcement expected on vaccines for 12 to 15-year-olds

    Child getting jabGetty Images

    Welcome to coverage of Nicola Sturgeon's Covid-19 vaccination update on 14 September 2021.

    Scotland will announce a decision on jabs for 12 to 15-year-olds "as soon as possible" after it was recommended by the UK's chief medical officers.

    The UK government's vaccine committee said there was not enough benefit to warrant it on health grounds alone.

    But the chief medical officers for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland said vaccination would help reduce disruption to education.