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Armed Forces personnel are supporting the vaccine roll-out in Scotland © Crown Copyright A further 57 military personnel will deploy to assist health boards across Scotland with the vaccine roll out, this is in addition to the 98 members of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards who are already supporting the vaccine effort. The medics and management staff will make up a Vaccine Quick Reaction Force, which will see 5 teams of 10 able to deploy across Scotland at short notice, in order to assist NHS staff in delivering the vaccine. Teams will start deploying from tomorrow with some beginning ...

But the announcement came shortly after Ms Sturgeon said support from the Armed Forces should not be seen as a "favour" from the UK Government as they are partly funded by Scottish taxpayers. Despite Scotland having the slowest roll-out of any of the home nations, she told First Minister's Questions that the programme was "going well" and announced a daily record of 38,484 jabs were administered on Tuesday. She said her government had gone slower as it had "followed an approach that very deliberately concentrated on getting the most clinically vulnerable groups vaccinated first, and achieving...

Everything you need to know about getting a coronavirus test in Warrington AS the risk of contracting coronavirus remains high, a number of testing options are available to Warrington residents. Testing is vital in discovering whether you are carrying the virus without knowing it and preventing it from being transmitted to other people. Those who test positive must self-isolate by law. Should I get tested if I do not have any symptoms? Asymptomatic testing sites at the Halliwell Jones Stadium and Grappenhall Cricket Club are available for people who cannot work from home and have no c...

Advertisement Residents in areas hit by the new South African strain of coronavirus have shared their fears it will 'mess everything up'. Door-to-door coronavirus testing is being launched across eight parts of England where it is feared the new variant is spreading in the community. In a desperate attempt to keep track of the mutated virus that experts fear could hamper the current crop of vaccines, health officials will join forces with local police, councillors and firefighters to visit homes in several areas across England.  It is estimated as many as 350,000 people in the affected areas...

Residents from West Linton are being called on to book a Covid-19 test, even if they are not showing symptoms of the virus. NHS Borders has decided to roll out the Covid-19 community testing programme further, to include anyone living or working in West Linton and surrounding areas. It comes after a spike in cases in the region over the past weeks and evidence that it is spreading within these local communities. Residents in Hawick have also been invited to book a test. Testing for West Linton will be available over the next fortnight from the Mobile Testing Unit located at the Grah...