Continue to stay at home and save lives
The rollout of the Covid vaccine offers us hope as we enter the New Year.
By the first week in February, all priority groups 1 and 2, that’s residents in care homes for older adults, care home staff, front-line health and social care staff and those aged 80 living in the community—will have received their first vaccine dose.
If you are aged 80 or over, you do not need to call your GP practice. They will get in touch with your appointment.
Whilst these new vaccines are a welcome step in the right direction the situation we all face in relation to the virus remains extremely serious and we must continue to do everything possible to reduce case numbers – this is essential to relieve the pressure on our NHS and to save lives so please: Stay Home, protect the NHS and save lives.
As of Sunday, 264,991 people across Scotland have received their first jab and I take the opportunity again to recognise the many NHS staff, Scottish Government officials, armed forces personnel, local authority colleagues
and third sector partners who have worked so hard to get us to this stage.
I also recognise the many people involved at every stage, from vaccine production to procurement to delivery, as well as all those who are coming forward to volunteer their help.
The programme to vaccinate 4.45 million adults in Scotland is a national effort, and each one of those people is playing a vital part in that.
They have my grateful thanks. Lastly, my constituency office staff continue to work remotely and can be contacted on 01290 425876 during normal office hours or by getting in touch via my website at jeanefreeman. scot with any constituency related enquiries.
You can find out more information on the vaccination rollout at www. nhsinform.scot/covid19vaccine or phone 0800 030 8013.