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MORE than 92 per cent of residents in East Lothian care homes took up the offer of the Covid-19 vaccine in the first rollout phase, with only nine people refusing. A new report on the coronavirus vaccine rollout across the county has given the first insight into the uptake so far. And it revealed that in East Lothian care homes, 548 of 594 residents were vaccinated by January 25, along with 455 staff; nine residents refused and the remaining residents, who were unable to receive it due to illness, will receive it at a later date. A meeting of East Lothian Integration Joint Board (IJB) was told that the uptake in care homes was 92.3 per cent, higher than in neighbouring Edinburgh and Midlothian.