More than one in four within health board area given vaccination

MORE than one quarter of people over 16 living within the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde health board area have now been vaccinated.

Public Health Scotland figures reveal first doses of Covid-19 vaccines had been given to 274,253 people by Sunday, February 14.

This is 27.84% of the over-16 population, using the National Record of Scotland’s 2019 mid-year population estimates.

Within the Glasgow City boundaries, 91,137 had received a first dose by Sunday – with more than 20,000 vaccinated in the past week.

By Sunday, February 7, 70,746 people in the city council area had been vaccinated while 197,580 in the health board region had been given their first dose.

Across Scotland, more than 1,250,000 people had received their first jag by last Sunday. That figure is now over 1,320,000, with almost 20,5000 getting their second dose.

However, detailed data for 288,002 vaccinations – including the council area of the general practice they took place – is not currently available. This means no percentage uptake of vaccinations in Glasgow City has been revealed by Public Health Scotland.

Vaccination data is expected to be published daily in the near future.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Monday that vaccinations would slow down this week.

She explained: “We are unlikely to do more than 30,000 a day.

“We have a lower than expected supply available to us this week.”

NHS Scotland follows the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).

Vaccines are prioritised in the following order: residents in care homes for older adults and their carers, all those 80 and over, frontline health and social care workers, all those 75 and over, all those 70 and over and clinically extremely vulnerable people, all those 65 and over, all those between 16 and 64 with underlying health conditions which put them at higher risk, all those 60 and over, all those 55 and over, all those 50 and over.