Blood clots - everything you need to know about rare link with vaccine
Everything we know so far about the rare blood clots after cases are linked to the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab.
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Hundreds of thousands of young Scots already injected with AstraZeneca vaccine now banned in their age group
The coronavirus vaccine, under investigation for rare blood clots in patients, has been banned for the under 30s but health experts emphasise the benefits are greater than the risks
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Nicola Sturgeon also announced the government is ramping up testing with plans to offer everyone two lateral flow tests a week THE first batch of newly approved Moderna vaccines have arrived in Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon has announced. Scotland is due to receive more than one million of the 17 million doses ordered by the UK Government. The First Minister said the doses have already been factored into forward planning for the vaccination programme, and will be delivered over the coming months. She also confirmed the Scottish Government is planning to expand its testing programme to ensure everyone in Scotland can be offered a test twice a week.
Coronavirus is down but not out in Scotland, according to Nicola Sturgeon who confirmed there had been no new deaths recorded in Scotland for the fourth day running. A total of 259 positive coronavirus tests have been recorded in the past 24 hours, giving a daily test positivity rate of 2%. No additional deaths have been recorded in the last 24 hours, she added, meaning the death toll under this measure – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – is 7,614. Speaking live in an address to the nation, the First Minister said 220,493 people have now tested positive in Scotland.
Douglas Ross has led calls for the First Minister to follow Boris Johnson’s more aggressive proposals. Citing the success of the vaccine programme and falling case numbers, the Scottish Tory leader argued Holyrood should shift its plans forward by three weeks, in line with Westminster. Unlike the Prime Minister, who earmarked June 21, Ross did not set a date for lifting all of the main restrictions. Nonetheless, he condemned the Scottish Government for being what he considers overly cautious. The First Minister responded to such calls at her coronavirus briefing. She explained data was being continuously monitored to “see what we can do as quickly as possible” and said she was in constant dialogue with her health advisers.