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The health secretary added that NHS Scotland expects to receive an additional 172,575 doses of the Pfizer vaccine by the end of the week, half of which will be retained to ensure people get their second dose.
Ms Freeman added that pending the approval of the AstraZeneca vaccine by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the Scottish Government plans to begin the rollout of that vaccine to over-80s who do not live in care homes across Scotland.
She said these jabs were most likely to be administered in GP practices.
The health secretary said: “A key area that would help streamline the process further is predictability of delivery but this is not in our gift.