Over-18 drop in clinics to open from Monday
Drop-in Covid vaccination clinics for all over-18s are set to open across Scotland from Monday.
The Scottish Ambulance Service will operate mobile units in key areas, adding to drop in centres already available in many health boards.
It comes as the scottish government faces calls to speed up the vaccination rollout, after the total weekly dose count last week dropped to the lowest since March.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said all adults will receive a first dose by July 18, but scottish labour has asked why this milestone has not been reached sooner.
Almost 118,000 first doses were delivered in the week to June 27. Some 223,000 doses were delivered in total, the lowest since the second week in March.
Scottish Labour’s health spokesperson Jackie Baillie accused the Scottish Government of “dragging its feet” on setting up walk-in centres and raised concerns the programme is “stalling”.
The Scottish Government has now urged all adults to get “jagged in July”.
Mobile units run by the scottish Ambulance Service will visit key areas in glasgow and Edinburgh, where first dose coverage is lower than other parts of the country.
Health secretary Humza Yousaf said: “You can attend one of the dropin clinics being run in all mainland health boards or pop into a mobile unit. You can also rearrange the location of your appointment online if, for example, it is more convenient for you to be vaccinated closer to your work than home.”