Health board committed to rolling out vaccine by spring
NHS Shetland is remaining focused on ensuring the coronavirus vaccines are rolled out by May.
READ FULL STORYNHS Shetland is remaining focused on ensuring the coronavirus vaccines are rolled out by May.
READ FULL STORYShetland’s vaccination programme is seeking to identify members of the first priority groups who may have fallen through the gaps. Anyone aged 70 or older…
READ FULL STORYLeaders of Shetland’s vaccination programme have urged folk to be patient as the rapid rollout is set to slow after supplies were halved.
READ FULL STORYA “heroic achivement” has been reached in getting people vaccinated despite “dreadful” weather. That is the view of the First Minister who highlighted vaccination figures…
READ FULL STORYScotland remains on course to vaccinate all over 50s by the end of May despite an expected “dip” in supplies later this month. First Minister…
READ FULL STORYA new telephone number is available to call for those who cannot make their appointment for a Covid vaccination at the mass vaccination centre in…
READ FULL STORYAnyone attending Covid-19 vaccination centres will be entitled to free bus and ferry travel from Monday. The first centre is due to open at Gremista…
READ FULL STORYShetland’s mass vaccination centres hoped to operate 12hrs a day seven days a week
READ FULL STORYDoses of the coronavirus vaccine will now be sent to Shetland’s outer isles to treat care home patients, the health board’s chief had confirmed.
READ FULL STORYA Shetland nurse has received the first Covid-19 vaccine to be administered in the isles.
READ FULL STORYMSPs have called for clarity over the Covid-19 vaccine. Beatrice Wishart is seeking assurances about plans to distribute it in the islands. The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine…
READ FULL STORYNews of a breakthrough in the search for a coronavirus vaccine has been given a cautious welcome by NHS Shetland’s medical director Kirsty Brightwell.
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