Apology for over-50s without Covid vaccine appointment on day of target
“We recognise it will be a little unnerving,” Dr Dave Caesar told BBC Good Morning Scotland on Thursday, “so there’s an apology there if you’re feeling that way and if you might have fallen through the cracks”.
The Scottish Government has said it aimed to offer all those in the first nine JCVI vaccination priority groups – including everyone over 50, unpaid carers and those with underlying health conditions – a vaccine by April 15.
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Hide AdNicola Sturgeon announced on Tuesday that this target had been “effectively hit”, but recognised that this did not apply to everyone in those groups.
As of close of play on Tuesday, 86 per cent of those in the 50 to 55 age group had received a first dose, along with 97 per cent in the 55 to 59 group.
Some 86 per cent of those aged 16 to 64 with underlying health conditions had been given a dose.
Percentage coverage for unpaid carers is not available, as Public Health Scotland said it was not able to determine the size of this group.
These figures are set to rise before the end of the deadline day, and some of those in the cohort will have vaccinations scheduled in the next few days.
But Dr Caesar acknowledged that some people in the first nine groups had not yet had an appointment scheduled, including some who had tried to arrange one themselves and been told to wait.