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Paul Hutcheon

Nearly 100,000 Scots receive first covid vaccine shot as new jab to be rolled out on Monday

Nearly 100,000 people in Scotland have received their first shot of a coronavirus vaccine.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon revealed the number as she confirmed a second vaccine, which could be the key to restoring relative normality to people's lives, will be rolled out from Monday.

Sturgeon said a change in the process would result in "more people" getting vaccinated "more quickly".

Regulators recently approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which is administered in two doses weeks apart.

It was also confirmed today that the separate Oxford/Astra Zeneca product has been approved.

Over the last few weeks, people administering the Pfizer vaccine have received their initial jab, followed by residents in care homes for older adults and frontline health workers.

At Holyrood today, Sturgeon said: "As of Sunday, more than 92,000 people had already received their first shot of the Pfizer vaccine. "

She also said the UK had secured a "much higher number" of doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine.

Sturgeon added: "It is also now recommended that the second dose of both vaccines can be given up to 12 weeks after the first, rather than three.

"That means we can now prioritise providing a first dose to as many people as possible - rather than providing the required two doses in as short a time as possible.

"And that will allow more people to be vaccinated more quickly."

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