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Will children be offered Covid-19 vaccine and should they be? Covid vaccines for children - when and should they be offered? For the latest news and developments affecting children, parents and teachers across Tayside and Fife, sign up for our weekly Schools and Family newsletter. Thank you for signing up to our Schools and Family newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Covid vaccines for children as young as 12 are already being given in countries including the US and Canada. But in the UK approval has yet to be given for vaccination of those under the age o...

BBC News By Alex Therrien Many of us can't wait to get back inside a pub, on a plane, or catch a film at the cinema. Whether or not the Indian variant of Covid proves a serious threat to further lockdown easing, for some there is still that nagging thought: is it safe? From Monday, pubs, cafes and restaurants in many parts of the UK will welcome customers back indoors, overnight stays will be allowed and we'll finally be allowed to hug our loved ones. But how will the professors and health professionals, who have been tracking the pandemic every step of the way, be behaving? We asked five ex...

Locals in two Covid-hit Glasgow postcodes urged to get tests amid spike fears Updated: 13 May 2021, 17:41 RESIDENTS in two Covid-hit Glasgow postcodes have been sent letters urging them to get tested. Coronavirus cases have surged in the city's south side in recent days, with the spike being branded a "red flag" by a public health expert. 3 Pollokshields is one of the areas targeted by letters urging locals to get tested amid a Covid spike And local officials are taking action in a bid to tackle the sudden surge, as the majority of the country gets ready to further ease lockdown measures next...

The Scottish Government said it was “closely monitoring” the situation, but hoped that Glasgow would move to level two restrictions as planned on Monday. While genomic testing has yet to be completed, it is believed that at least some of the new cases are the variant of concern first identified in India, B16172. A total of 35 cases of this variant have been confirmed in Scotland, although some data suggests the figure may be higher. Sign up to our public interest bulletins - get the latest news on the Coronavirus Sign up to our public interest bulletins - get the latest news on the Coron...

May 13, 2021, 10:40 am A strain of the Indian variant of coronavirus may be present in Glasgow, a public health expert has said (Richard McCarthy/PA) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A spike in coronavirus infections in Glasgow could include one of the new Indian variants of the virus, a public health expert has warned. Speaking about the so-called B16172 variant, Professor Linda Bauld said “this may be some of the...