coronavirus vaccination programme. People aged between 16 and 64 with underlying health conditions that leave them at risk from severe illness from the virus are now receiving appointments for the jab.
Unpaid carers are also among those getting appointments as part of group six in the Government’s vaccine roll out. The group is the largest on the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) list - with more than one million Scots due to get their first dose under the group six guidance.Health Secretary Jeane Freeman said that it could take ‘several weeks’ to get through this stage of the vaccine rollout.People included on both the JCVI priority list and the flu vaccine list will be the first to be invited for the jab.They will be.