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A new coronavirus vaccine could be approved for use in the UK in a matter of weeks after trials suggested it was more than 89% effective in preventing the deadly disease.
The UK has managed to secure 60 million doses of Novavax which is believed to offer protection against the new variants of the virus from South Africa and Britain.
During trials which involved 15,000 people between 18 and 84 it was shown to be 89.3% effective.
Peter and Mary Charleton, from Edinburgh, are unsure how Mary - who has dementia - will get the jag if she is unable to travel to a mass vaccination centre A CARER who looks after his wife with dementia says he was left with no choice but to cancel her Covid jag because she cannot travel to the mass vaccination site. It comes after charity Alzheimer s Scotland warned that people with dementia could miss out unless more is done to provide practical support, including home visits. Peter Charleton, from Stockbridge in Edinburgh, is the sole carer for his 71-year-old wife Mary, who has Alzheimer s disease.
The P and J Live Arena has been set up for mass vaccinations (Jane Barlow/PA)
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Mass vaccination centres are to open from Monday, as the Scottish government moves onto the next phase of its Covid-19 vaccination programme.
People aged 70 and over will also begin to get their vaccines from Monday February 1.
The vaccinations will be offered in a range of settings, from community centres to mass vaccination centres.
NHS Louisa Jordan in Glasgow is one of three mass vaccination centres THE number of mass vaccination centres supposed to administer 20,000 Covid doses a week in Scotland has been halved, Jeane Freeman has admitted. The health secretary said she now considered only three of the six planned locations as mass centres, while the rest were “large community sites”, capable of delivering fewer jabs. “Let’s not dance on the head of a pin about the number,” she said, ahead of the over-70s starting to attend mass centres next week. The Government later said any site larger than a GP practice was considered a mass vaccination site as they could carry out higher numbers of vaccinations.
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